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Orius tristicolor (White, 1879)

Minute pirate bug, Orius tristicolor. El Cascajo, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020. — Minute pirate bug, *Orius tristicolor*. El Cascajo, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Cimicoidea

Family
Anthocoridae

Genus
Orius

Species
tristicolor

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
Herring, J.L. (1966) The Anthocoridae of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 68(2): 127-130.
Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Orius tristicolor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12946. Accessed 4 November 2026.