Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Miridae (Plant bugs, grass bugs, capsid bugs )

Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)

Eichenwanze

Synonyms and other combinations:

Capsus antennatus Mulsant and Rey, 1852 | Capsus curvipes Meyer-Dur, 1843 | Capsus picticornis Mulsant and Rey, 1852 | Cimex prothyris Villers, 1789 | Harpocera antennata (Mulsant and Rey, 1852) | Harpocera burmeisteri Curtis, 1838 | Harpocera circumflexa (A. Costa, 1853) | Harpocera confusa Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera curvipes (Meyer-Dur, 1843) | Harpocera grisescens Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera nigra Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera picticornis (Mulsant and Rey, 1852) | Harpocera prothyris (Villers, 1789) | Harpocera ruficollis Westhoff, 1881 | Harpocera thoracica confusa Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera thoracica grisescens Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera thoracica nigra Stichel, 1933 | Harpocera thoracica ruficollis Westhoff, 1881 | Lygaeus thoracicus Fallén, 1807 | Phytocoris circumflexa A. Costa, 1853 |

  • Harpocera thoracica, female 3333
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, female, det. Ringo Dietze
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2009-05-03 10:12:32
    Image number: 3333
    female
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2009-05-03 10:12:32
    det. Ringo Dietze
  • Harpocera thoracica, female 4069
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, female
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-22 12:19:35
    Image number: 4069
    female
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-22 12:19:35
  • Harpocera thoracica, bottom view 4068
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, bottom view
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-17 09:54:27
    Image number: 4068
    bottom view
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-17 09:54:27
  • Harpocera thoracica, still uncolored 6023
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, still uncolored
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2013-05-16 15:49:41
    Image number: 6023
    still uncolored
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2013-05-16 15:49:41
  • Harpocera thoracica, male 10487
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-05-18 14:51:08
    Image number: 10487
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-05-18 14:51:08
  • Harpocera thoracica, male 10488
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-05-18 14:51:30
    Image number: 10488
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-05-18 14:51:30
  • Harpocera thoracica, male 10489
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-05-18 14:52:57
    Image number: 10489
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-05-18 14:52:57
  • Harpocera thoracica, larva 3358
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, larva, det. Ringo Dietze
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-08 12:30:31
    Image number: 3358
    larva
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-08 12:30:31
    det. Ringo Dietze
  • Harpocera thoracica, larva 3359
    Harpocera thoracica (Fallén, 1807)  Eichenwanze   
    Harpocera thoracica, larva, det. Ringo Dietze
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-08 12:31:01
    Image number: 3359
    larva
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-08 12:31:01
    det. Ringo Dietze

Classification:
Harpocera thoracica belongs to the subfamily Phylinae, tribe Phylini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Schuh R.T. (2018). PBI Plant Bug: On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) (version Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera
  3. Plant Parasites of Europe
  4. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2.