''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''
Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...
through to Australia.
It was described by
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach Royal Society, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Life and work
Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a me ...
in 1814.
[Leach, W.E. (1814) ]
The Zoological Miscellany, being descriptions of new, or interesting Animals
Nodder, London. 1-137, page 91
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):
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Mictis abstrusa''
Linnavuori, 1978
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Mictis amboinensis''
Walker, 1871
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Mictis angusta''
Hsiao, 1965
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Mictis caja''
Stål, 1865
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Mictis difficilis''
Brailovsky & Barrera, 2006
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Mictis dilatipes''
(Blöte, 1938)
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Mictis discolor''
Dallas, 1852
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Mictis falloui''
Reuter, 1888
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Mictis farinulenta''
Breddin, 1899
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Mictis formidabilis
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Distant, 1918
# ''
Mictis fuscipes
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family ''Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscell ...
''
Hsiao, 1963
# ''
Mictis gallina
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Dallas, 1852
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Mictis javana
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Walker, 1871
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Mictis longicornis
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Westwood, 1842
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Mictis macra
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Stål, 1865
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Mictis oceanensis
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Distant, 1900
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Mictis profana
''Mictis profana'' is a species of insect in the family Coreidae known by the common names crusader bug and holy cross bug. It is distributed in Australia, Indonesia, and the Indo-Pacific.
The insect can be seen in most habitat types, from urba ...
''
(Fabricius, 1803) - type species (as ''Mictis crucifera'' Leach)
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Mictis pungens
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Stål, 1871
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Mictis riedeli
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Brailovsky, 2002
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Mictis rufovittata
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Walker, 1871
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Mictis serina
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Dallas, 1852
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Mictis sulawesiana
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Brailovsky, 2002
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Mictis tenebrosa
''Mictis tenebrosa'' (Heteroptera: Coreidae) is a species of hemipteran bug found in East and South East Asia. It can also be found in parts of southern Africa. In China both the nymphs and adults are known to be edible
An edible item is any i ...
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(Fabricius, 1787)
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Mictis tridentifer
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
''
Blöte, 1938
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Mictis tuberosa
''Mictis'' is a genus of sap-sucking insects in the family '' Coreidae'', with species recorded from India, China, Vietnam and Malesia through to Australia. It was described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. (1814) The Zoological Miscel ...
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Hsiao, 1965
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21228488
Mictini
Coreidae genera
Hemiptera of Asia