Heterotoma merioptera is a species of bugs from Miridae family. It is a small slender dark plant bug. The second antennal segment is broad and flattened. The legs are light green.[1] Heterotoma merioptera is very similar to Heterotoma planicornis and the name may be a synonym.
| Heterotoma merioptera | |
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| Heterotoma merioptera depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 7) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Genus: | Heterotoma |
| Species: | H. merioptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterotoma merioptera (Scopoli, 1763)
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References
edit- ^ For a photo of the mandible of Heterotoma merioptera, see Figure 8 in Faucheux, M.-J. (1975). "Relations entre l'ultrastructure des stylets mandibulaires et maxillaires et la prise de nourriture chez les Insectes Hémiptères" (PDF). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D (in French). 281: 41–44.
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