Macrotrachelia nigronitens explained
Macrotrachelia nigronitens is a species of minute pirate bug or flower bug in the family Anthocoridae. It is native to Central and South America, and adventive to New Zealand and North America.[1] [2]
Notes and References
- Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2014: Checklist of the New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): an update based on the 2004 to 2013 literature. Zootaxa, 3755(4): 347-367.
- Thorpe, S.E. 2014: Notes on the biology, distribution, biosecurity status and history in New Zealand of Macrotrachelia nigronitens (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Biodiversity data journal, 2: e1077.