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

Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)

Dickfühlerweichwanze Common Flathorn Plant Bug

Synonyms and other combinations:

Acanthia crassicornis Fabricius, 1794 | Cimex crassipennis Turton, 1802 | Cimex planicornis Pallas, 1772 | Cimex spissicornis Fabricius, 1777 | Heterotoma acinaciformis O. Costa, 1839 | Heterotoma crassicornis (Fabricius, 1794) | Heterotoma crassipennis (Turton, 1802) | Heterotoma spissicornis (Fabricius, 1777) |

  • Heterotoma planicornis 3319
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2008-07-11 16:27:54
    Image number: 3319

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2008-07-11 16:27:54
  • Heterotoma planicornis 9721
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-07-17 17:10:55
    Image number: 9721

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-07-17 17:10:55
  • Heterotoma planicornis 9722
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-07-17 17:12:40
    Image number: 9722

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-07-17 17:12:40
  • Heterotoma planicornis 9723
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-07-17 17:13:29
    Image number: 9723

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-07-17 17:13:29
  • Heterotoma planicornis 9724
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-07-17 17:14:00
    Image number: 9724

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-07-17 17:14:00
  • Heterotoma planicornis 9725
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2020-07-17 17:14:06
    Image number: 9725

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2020-07-17 17:14:06
  • Heterotoma planicornis, larva 3313
    Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas, 1772)  Dickfühlerweichwanze  Common Flathorn Plant Bug 
    Heterotoma planicornis, larva, det. Ringo Dietze
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-06-17 12:25:50
    Image number: 3313
    larva
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-06-17 12:25:50
    det. Ringo Dietze

Classification:
Heterotoma planicornis belongs to the subfamily Orthotylinae, tribe Orthotylini.

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.
  5. Petr Kment & Josef Bryja (2006). Revised occurrence of Heterotoma species (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with remarks on nomenclature, diagnostic characters and ecology. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 91: 7-52, ISSN 1211-8788