Microtechnites

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: Halticini
Genus: Microtechnites
Synonyms (2): Cafayatina – ?Halticiellus

Species (7): M. altigena – M. bractatus – M. canus – M. chrysolepis – M. inesalti – ?M. minutus – M. spegazzinii

[source: On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae), plus (1) ?M. minutus
]

Name

• Microtechnites Berg, 1883
  • Authority for placement: Tatarnic & Cassis, 2012: 612 ('Reinstated status')
  • Type species: Capsus pygmaeus Berg, 1879 [=Microtechnites spegazzinii (Berg, 1883)]
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Berg, C. 1883: Addenda et emendanda ad Hemiptera Argentina [part]. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 16(2): 73–125. [not seen] [73]

Additional references

• Tatarnic, N.J. & Cassis, G. 2012: The Halticini of the world (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae): generic reclassification, phylogeny, and host plant associations. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 164(3): 558–658. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00770.x Reference page.