''Dionconotus neglectus'' is a plant bug belonging to the family

Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and g ...

, subfamily

Mirinae Mirinae is a subfamily of plant bugs, insects in the family Miridae. Tribes * Herdoniini * Hyalopeplini * Mecistoscelini * Mirini * Restheniini * Scutelliferini * Stenodemini References

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. The species was first described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...

in 1798.

Subspecies

*''Dionconotus neglectus neglectus'' (Fabricius, 1798) *''Dionconotus neglectus major'' Wagner, 1968 *''Dionconotus neglectus flavescens'' Ferrari, 1874 *''Dionconotus neglectus sellatus'' Lindberg, 1930

Distribution

This species can mainly be found in

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and

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Description

''Dionconotus neglectus'' can reach a length of about . Its body is usually black with red or yellow hemielytra.

Biology

These bugs are

polyphagous Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...

, They develop on grasses and herbaceous weeds and migrate to orange trees. Adults can be found from mid-March to mid-May.Alfred George Wheele
Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, Predators, Opportunists
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References

External links

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