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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Polymerus Plant Bugs

Polymerus (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 Mirini​

-Genus Polymerus


Polymerus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae, belonging to the subfamily Mirinae. These bugs feed using a piercing-sucking rostrum, primarily on plant juices from grasses, herbs, and crops, though some may occasionally feed on small insects. They are commonly found in meadows, fields, and agricultural habitats, especially in temperate and warm regions.

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