Myrmecoroides

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: Orthotylinae
Tribus: Orthotylini
Genus: Myrmecoroides
Species: M. carinatus – M. cassowary – M. grossi – M. monteithi – M. rufescens

Name

Myrmecoroides Gross, 1964 [Myrmecoroides Gross, 1964: 8 (nov. gen.); Carvalho, 1973: 9 (diagnosis); Schuh, 1974: 319 (taxonomic position); Cassis and Gross, 1995: 184 (transferred to Austromirini); Schuh, 1995: 146 (catalog)]

Type species: Myrmecoroides carinatus Gross, by original designation.

References

• Gross, G.F. 1964: A new ant-mimicking mirid bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 26: 7–9.
• Gerasimos Cassis & Michael A. Wall 2010: Systematics and Phylogeny of the Hatchet Head Plant Bug Genus Myrmecoroides Gross (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Entomologica Americana, 116(3 & 4): 29–49. DOI: 10.1664/09-RA-003.1

Vernacular names

English: Ant-mimicking mirid bug