''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''
Coreidae
Coreidae is a large family (biology), family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug.
As a fam ...
'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
through to Australia.
It was described by
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Life and work
Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical apprenticesh ...
in 1814.
[Leach, W.E. (1814) ]
The Zoological Miscellany, being descriptions of new, or interesting Animals
Nodder, London. 1-137, page 91
Description
From the original description:
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
The original description gives no explanation of its etymology.
Species
The ''Coreoidea species file'' lists (as of 2022):
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Mictis abstrusa''
Linnavuori, 1978
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Mictis amboinensis''
Walker, 1871
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Mictis angusta''
Hsiao, 1965
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Mictis caja''
Stål, 1865
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Mictis difficilis''
Brailovsky & Barrera, 2006
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Mictis dilatipes''
(Blöte, 1938)
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Mictis discolor''
Dallas, 1852
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Mictis falloui''
Reuter, 1888
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Mictis farinulenta''
Breddin, 1899
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Mictis formidabilis''
Distant, 1918
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Mictis fuscipes''
Hsiao, 1963
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Mictis gallina
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Dallas, 1852
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Mictis javana
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Walker, 1871
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Mictis longicornis''
Westwood, 1842
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Mictis macra''
Stål, 1865
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Mictis oceanensis''
Distant, 1900
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Mictis profana''
(Fabricius, 1803) - type species (as ''Mictis crucifera'' Leach)
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Mictis pungens''
Stål, 1871
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Mictis riedeli''
Brailovsky, 2002
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Mictis rufovittata
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Walker, 1871
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Mictis serina
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Dallas, 1852
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Mictis sulawesiana
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Brailovsky, 2002
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Mictis tenebrosa
''Mictis tenebrosa'' (Heteroptera: Coreidae) is a species of hemipteran bug found in East and South East Asia. It can also be found in parts of southern Africa. In China both the nymphs and adults are known to be Edible insects, edible.
Descrip ...
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(Fabricius, 1787)
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Mictis tridentifer
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Blöte, 1938
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Mictis tuberosa
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
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Hsiao, 1965
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21228488
Mictini
Coreidae genera
Hemiptera of Asia