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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Prepopsoides jaliscoensis

Prepopsoides jaliscoensis

-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 Resthenini

-Genus Prepopsoides

-Prepopsoides jaliscoensis


Prepopsoides jaliscoensis is a small, delicate plant bug in the family Miridae, belonging to the tribe Resthenini. This species has the typical mirid form: a soft, elongated body, long antennae, and forewings bearing a distinct cuneus, the small triangular section near the wing tip. Like other plant bugs, P. jaliscoensis feeds with a piercing-sucking rostrum, extracting fluids from plant tissues.

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