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More than 2200 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo
SUBORDER HETEROPTERA
Microtechnites Plant Bugs
Microtechnites (Genus)
-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)
-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 Halticini
-Genus Microtechnites
Microtechnites is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. Members of this genus are small and slender, and like other plant bugs, they are primarily herbivorous, feeding on various parts of plants. Some species, however, may also exhibit opportunistic predation on small arthropods.

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