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

Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen, 1807)

Gimp Black Kneed Capsid

Synonyms and other combinations:

Blepharidopterus andulatus Kerzhner, 1973 | Blepharidopterus brevicornis (Wagner, 1947) | Lygaeus angulatus Fallén, 1807 |

  • Blepharidopterus angulatus 5547
    Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen, 1807)  Gimp  Black Kneed Capsid 
    Blepharidopterus angulatus
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-07-22 11:55:58
    Image number: 5547

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-07-22 11:55:58
  • Blepharidopterus angulatus 5548
    Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen, 1807)  Gimp  Black Kneed Capsid 
    Blepharidopterus angulatus
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-07-22 11:55:12
    Image number: 5548

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-07-22 11:55:12
  • Blepharidopterus angulatus 5549
    Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen, 1807)  Gimp  Black Kneed Capsid 
    Blepharidopterus angulatus
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2012-07-22 11:55:06
    Image number: 5549

    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2012-07-22 11:55:06

Classification:
Blepharidopterus angulatus 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. Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann: Die Namen der Wanzen – lateinisch und deutsch, sowie deren Betonung, Heteropteron Heft 34 /2011, S. 17-33, ISSN 1432-3761.
  3. Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera
  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.