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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Microtechnites Plant Bugs

Microtechnites (Genus)

-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 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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