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Miris

Miris is genus of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The genus was first described in 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius.

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Miris
Miris striatus, Münster, Germany, 2004
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Miris
Fabricius, 1794

Miris is genus of true bugs belonging to the family Miridae,1 subfamily Mirinae.2 The genus was first described in 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius.3

Species

The Pan-European species directory3 and BioLib list:

  1. Miris nebrodensis Carapezza, 1991
  2. Miris persicus (Reuter, 1876)
  3. Miris striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Cimex striatus L., 1758)

Species in this genus are largely found in Europe,1 having been collected in Germany, Bulgaria, Netherlands and France;4 there are also records from the British Isles, Scandinavia and western Russia.1

References

References

  1. "Miris Fabricius, 1794". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  2. "Miris Fabricius, 1794 | Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. "PESI portal - Miris Fabricius, 1794". www.eu-nomen.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. "Miris | Taxonomy Browser | BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.