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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Dagbertus mexicanus

Dagbertus mexicanus

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Cimicomorph Bugs (Infraorder Cimicomorpha)

-Superfamily Miroidea​

-Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)

-Subfamily Mirinae

-Tribe Mirini

-Genus Dagbertus

-Dagbertus mexicanus


Dagbertus mexicanus is a plant bug in the family Miridae. It feeds using a piercing-sucking rostrum, extracting fluids from plant tissues. It is typically found on vegetation in warm regions such as Mexico, where it occupies shrubs, herbs, or agricultural plants.

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