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Loricula bipunctata

Loricula bipunctata is a species of minute bladder bug in the family Microphysidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.

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Loricula bipunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Microphysidae
Genus: Loricula
Species:
L. bipunctata
Binomial name
Loricula bipunctata
(Perris, 1857)

Loricula bipunctata is a species of minute bladder bug in the family Microphysidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.123

References

References

  1. "Loricula bipunctata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Loricula bipunctata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Schwartz, M. D.; Schmidt, M. J. A.; Humble, L. M. (1991). "First record of a European bug, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), in the Nearctic Region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 123 (5): 1149–1151. doi:10.4039/Ent1231149-5.
  • Baugnée, Jean-Yves (1999). "Note sur la présence en Belgique du Microphyside Loricula bipunctata (Perris, 1857) et données récentes pour trois autres èspeces (Heteroptera Microphysidae)". Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie. 135 (7–12): 196–200.
  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.