Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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

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English: Ant-mimicking mirid bug