Dicyphus hesperus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Miroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Cimicomorpha Superfamilia: Miroidea

Familia: Miridae
Subfamilia: Bryocorinae
Tribus: Dicyphini
Subtribus: Dicyphina
Genus: Dicyphus
Species: Dicyphus hesperus

Name

• Dicyphus hesperus Knight, 1943

Primary references

• Knight, H.H. 1943. Five new species of Dicyphus from western North America and one new Cyrtopeltis (Hemiptera, Miridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 19(2): 53–58. BHL. Reference page. 

References

• Gillespie, D.R. et al. 2012: Plant feeding in an omnivorous mirid, Dicyphus hesperus: Why plant context matters. Psyche, 2012: Article ID 495805. DOI: 10.1155/2012/495805
• Hatherly, I.S.; Pedersen, B.P.; Bale, J.S. 2008: Establishment potential of the predatory mirid Dicyphus hesperus in northern Europe. BioControl, 53(4): 589–601. DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9099-8
• McGregor, R.R. et al. 1999: Potential use of Dicyphus hesperus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) for biological control of pests of greenhouse tomatoes. Biological control, 16(1): 104–110. abstract and full article (PDF) on ScienceDirect
• Shipp, J.L.; Wang, K. 2006: Evaluation of Dicyphus hersperus [hesperus] (Heteroptera: Miridae) for biological control of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on greenhouse tomato. Journal of economic entomology, 99(2): 414–420. DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-99.2.414