Phylus melanocephalus

Phylus melanocephalus is a European species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae. It is a slender bug 4.5–6 millimetres (0.18–0.24 in) long and feeds on oak trees.[2] Its colour ranges from orange to greenish-brown and its head may be pale or dark.[3]

Phylus melanocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Heteroptera
Family:
Miridae
Genus:
Phylus
Species:
P. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Phylus melanocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms

Cimex melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1767[1]
Phylus palliceps Fieber, 1861

"Phylus palliceps"

Paler specimens of P. melanocephalus were long referred to as separate species Phylus palliceps, distinguished in particular by having a pale head, P. melanocephalus being restricted to insects with a dark head.[4][5] Pagola-Carte et al. (2005) found no morphological or habitat differences between specimens referred to the two supposed species, and a continuous gradation of colour, and concluded the two should be synonymised.[3]

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References
  1. Carolus a Linné (1767). Systema Naturae. I(II). Holmia. p. 728.
  2. "Phylus melanocephalus". British Bugs. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  3. S. Pagola-Carte; I. Zabalegui; J. Ribes (2005). "Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) del Parque Natural de Aiako Harria (Gipuzkoa, País Vasco, norte de la Península Ibérica)" [Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Aiako Harria Nature Reserve (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, northern Iberian Peninsula)] (PDF). Heteropterus Revista de Entomología (in Spanish). 5. p. 46. eISSN 1579-0681.
  4. "Phylus palliceps". British Bugs. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  5. John William Douglas; John Scott (1865). The British Hemiptera. 1. p. 355.


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