Macrolophus pygmaeus

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: Macrolophus
Species: Macrolophus pygmaeus

Name

Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839)

References

• Martinez-Cascales, J.I., Cenis, J.L., Cassis, G. & Sanchez, J.A. 2006. Species identity of Macrolophus melanotoma (Costa 1853) and Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur 1839) (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) based on morphological and molecular data and bionomic implications. Insect Systematics & Evolution 37(4): 385–404. DOI: 10.1163/187631206788831470 Reference page. 
• Sanchez, J.A.; La Spina, M.; Perera, O.P. 2012: Analysis of the population structure of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera: Miridae) in the Palaearctic region using microsatellite markers. Ecology and evolution 2(12): 3145–3159. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.420 Reference page. 
• Evidence of cannibalism in Macrolophus pygmaeus, a natural enemy of whiteflies.
• Sharing a predator: can an invasive alien pest affect the predation on a local pest?
• Potential for combined use of parasitoids and generalist predators for biological control of the key invasive tomato pest Tuta absoluta.
• Indigenous natural enemies attacking Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in southern France.
• Functional relationships between plant feeding and prey feeding for a zoophytophagous bug.