Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Fulvius geniculatus Van Duzee, 1933

Predator or fungus associate?; arid to pampa and agricultural zones; grass bases, and under Jaegeria hirta; January-December.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Miroidea

Family
Miridae

Section
Cylapini

Genus
Fulvius

Species
geniculatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

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.
  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1933) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932 No. 4 Characters of Twenty-four new species of Hemiptera from the Galapagos Islands and the coast and Islands of Central America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Califonia Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 21(4): 25-40.

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