Microplax albofasciata is an insect--a species of True bug in the genus Microplax, a member of family Oxycarenidae.[1] It is native from the Mediterranean north to the Channel Islands and Germany. It was first documented in the United States (in California) in 2012.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
| Family: | Oxycarenidae |
| Genus: | Microplax |
| Species: | M. albofasciata
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| Microplax albofasciata (A. Costa 1847)[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Microplax albofasciata". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ Wheeler, A. G.; Henry, T. J. (2015). "First North American record of the Palearctic Microplax albofasciata (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 117 (1): 56–61. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.55. Retrieved 2018-08-12."