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Bunia (bug)
''Bunia'' is a genus of lace bugs in the family Tingidae The Tingidae are a family of very small () insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. They are called lace bugs because the pronotum and for .... There are about six described species in ''Bunia''. Species These six species belong to the genus ''Bunia'': * '' Bunia halleriae'' (Duarte Rodrigues, 1982) * '' Bunia ituriensis'' Schouteden, 1955 * '' Bunia malagasy'' Duarte Rodrigues, 1992 * '' Bunia milleri'' (Drake, 1954) * '' Bunia pugnana'' (Drake, 1954) * '' Bunia ralla'' (Drake, 1963) References Further reading * * * * * * * * * * * Tingidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{cimicomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lace Bug
The Tingidae are a family of very small () insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. They are called lace bugs because the pronotum and fore wings of the adult have a delicate and intricate network of divided areas that resemble lace. Their body appearance is flattened dorsoventrally and they can be broadly oval or slender. Often, the head is concealed under the hood-like pronotum. Lace bugs are usually host-specific and can be very destructive to plants. Most feed on the undersides of leaves by piercing the epidermis and sucking the sap. The then empty cells give the leaves a bronzed or silvery appearance. Each individual usually completes its entire lifecycle on the same plant, if not the same part of the plant. Most species have one to two generations per year, but some species have multiple generations. Most overwinter as adults, but some species overwinter as eggs or nym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunia Halleriae
Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution. It lies at an elevation of on a plateau about west of Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift, and about east of the Ituri Rainforest. The city is at the center of the Ituri conflict between the Lendu and Hema. In the Second Congo War the city and district were the scene of much fighting and many civilian deaths from this conflict, and related clashes between militias and Uganda-based forces. Consequently, the city is the base of one of the largest United Nations peace-keeping forces in Africa, and its headquarters in northeastern DRC. The area's natural resources include gold mines over which militias and foreign forces have been fighting. Climate Bunia has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen ''Af'') with warm, humid and wet conditions prevailing year-round. Although rainfall is reduced substantially between Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
