Americodema Explained

Americodema is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least two described species in Americodema.

Species

These two species belong to the genus Americodema:

• Americodema knighti (Kerzhner & Schuh, 1998)
• Americodema nigrolineatum (Knight, 1923)

Further reading

• Reevaluation of the plant bug genus Icodema, with descriptions of two new genera to accommodate five Nearctic species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). 2000. Henry . Thomas J.. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 107. 2–3. 181–203. 0028-7199.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. 1999. Kerzhner . I. M.. Josifov . M.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-19-1.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs. American Museum of Natural History.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.