Description
From the original description: Head immersed even to the eyes within the thorax; vertex with two ocelli placed transversely; antennae filiform, four-jointed, joints cylindric, equal, or with the first joint rather longer. Anterior four feet alike in size and form; hinder ones with thick thighs and with the internal side of the tibiae dilated; tarsi all three-joined, the first longor than the other two conjoined. Body elongate, flat above; thorax triangular, very narrow in front; abdomen with dilated sides.Etymology
The original description gives no explanation of its etymology.Species
The ''Coreoidea species file'' lists (as of 2022): # '' Mictis abstrusa'' Linnavuori, 1978 # '' Mictis amboinensis'' Walker, 1871 # '' Mictis angusta'' Hsiao, 1965 # '' Mictis caja'' Stål, 1865 # '' Mictis difficilis'' Brailovsky & Barrera, 2006 # '' Mictis dilatipes'' (Blöte, 1938) # '' Mictis discolor'' Dallas, 1852 # '' Mictis falloui'' Reuter, 1888 # '' Mictis farinulenta'' Breddin, 1899 # '' Mictis formidabilis'' Distant, 1918 # '' Mictis fuscipes'' Hsiao, 1963 # '' Mictis gallina'' Dallas, 1852 # '' Mictis javana'' Walker, 1871 # '' Mictis longicornis'' Westwood, 1842 # '' Mictis macra'' Stål, 1865 # '' Mictis oceanensis'' Distant, 1900 # '' Mictis profana'' (Fabricius, 1803) - type species (as ''Mictis crucifera'' Leach) # '' Mictis pungens'' Stål, 1871 # '' Mictis riedeli'' Brailovsky, 2002 # '' Mictis rufovittata'' Walker, 1871 # '' Mictis serina'' Dallas, 1852 # '' Mictis sulawesiana'' Brailovsky, 2002 # '' Mictis tenebrosa'' (Fabricius, 1787) # '' Mictis tridentifer'' Blöte, 1938 # '' Mictis tuberosa'' Hsiao, 1965References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21228488 Mictini Coreidae genera Hemiptera of Asia