Agnocoris pulverulentus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It was first described by the American entomologist Philip Reese Uhler in 1892 under the original name Hadrodema pulverulenta. The species belongs to the genus Agnocoris within the tribe Mirini of the subfamily Mirinae.
Distribution and Habitat
The species is found in North America, with documented records from scattered localities across the eastern and central United States.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Family: Miridae
- Tribe: Mirini
- Genus: Agnocoris
- Species: A. pulverulentus
- Binomial name: Agnocoris pulverulentus (Uhler, 1892)
Description
As a member of the family Miridae (commonly known as plant bugs or leaf bugs), Agnocoris pulverulentus is a small, soft-bodied true bug with the characteristic hemelytra (partially hardened forewings) typical of mirids. Members of the genus Agnocoris are distributed across the Holarctic region.
References
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- BugGuide.net
