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Psallus mella (Van Duzee, 1937)

Size> To lengths of 47 cm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Miroidea

Family
Miridae

Genus
Psallus

Species
mella

Taxon category: Accepted

References

  • Carvalho, J.C.M. Gagné, W.C. (1968) Miridae of the Galápagos Islands (Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 36(7): 147-219.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.

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