Mictis is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family Coreidae, with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia.[1] It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.[2]
| Mictis | |
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| Mictis tenebrosa from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Tribe: | Mictini |
| Genus: | Mictis Leach, 1814 |
Description
editFrom the original description:[2]
Head immersed even to the eyes within the thorax; vertex with two ocelli placed transversely; antennae filiform, four-jointed, joints cylindric, equal, or with the first joint rather longer.
Anterior four feet alike in size and form; hinder ones with thick thighs and with the internal side of the tibiae dilated; tarsi all three-joined, the first longor than the other two conjoined.
Body elongate, flat above; thorax triangular, very narrow in front; abdomen with dilated sides.
Etymology
editThe original description gives no explanation of its etymology.[2]
Species
editThe Coreoidea species file lists (as of 2022):[1]
- Mictis abstrusa Linnavuori, 1978
- Mictis amboinensis Walker, 1871
- Mictis angusta Hsiao, 1965
- Mictis caja Stål, 1865
- Mictis difficilis Brailovsky & Barrera, 2006
- Mictis dilatipes (Blöte, 1938)
- Mictis discolor Dallas, 1852
- Mictis falloui Reuter, 1888
- Mictis farinulenta Breddin, 1899
- Mictis formidabilis Distant, 1918
- Mictis fuscipes Hsiao, 1963
- Mictis gallina Dallas, 1852
- Mictis javana Walker, 1871
- Mictis longicornis Westwood, 1842
- Mictis macra Stål, 1865
- Mictis oceanensis Distant, 1900
- Mictis profana (Fabricius, 1803) - type species (as Mictis crucifera Leach)
- Mictis pungens Stål, 1871
- Mictis riedeli Brailovsky, 2002
- Mictis rufovittata Walker, 1871
- Mictis serina Dallas, 1852
- Mictis sulawesiana Brailovsky, 2002
- Mictis tenebrosa (Fabricius, 1787)
- Mictis tridentifer Blöte, 1938
- Mictis tuberosa Hsiao, 1965
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M. longicornis -
M. profana -
M. gallina -
M. serina
References
edit- ^ a b "genus Mictis Leach 1814". Coreoidea species file. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Leach, W.E. (1814) 1 The Zoological Miscellany, being descriptions of new, or interesting Animals Nodder, London. 1-137, page 91