Halticotoma Explained

Halticotoma is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about six described species in Halticotoma.

Species

These six species belong to the genus Halticotoma:

• Halticotoma andrei Knight, 1968
• Halticotoma brunnea Knight, 1968
• Halticotoma cornifer Knight, 1928
• Halticotoma cornifera Knight, 1928
• Halticotoma nicholi Knight, 1928
• Halticotoma valida Townsend, 1892 (yucca plant bug)

Further reading

• 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.