Zygimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Zygimus
Fieber, 1870

Zygimus[1] is a genus of European capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1870. It is probably monotypic[2] with records of Zygimus nigriceps (Fallén, 1829) (synonym Phytocois nigriceps Fallén, 1829) from Scandinavia, northern England and Scotland.[3][4]

Description

Z. nigriceps is about 4 mm long and has a black head and pronotum and leaf-green forewings. It can be distinguished from the similar bug Orthotylus virens by having a brownish membrane with yellow veins. In Britain, this species is considered rare and confined to northern juniper scrub; adults can be found from June to September.[3]

See also

List of heteropteran bugs recorded in Britain

References

  1. ↑ Fieber FX (1870) Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 20, Abh.
  2. ↑ BioLib.cz: genus Zygimus Fieber, 1870 (retrieved 5 April 2022)
  3. 1 2 British Bugs: Zygimus nigriceps (illustrated: retrieved 5 April 2022)
  4. ↑ GBIF: Zygimus Fieber, 1870
  • Data related to Zygimus at Wikispecies
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