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short-winged rhopalid

Myrmus miriformis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 394, February 291, March 456, April 717, May 1,034, June 1,128, July 1,207, August 1,038, September 762, October 569, November 311, December 243.
United States8,150
Alaska8,150
Russia203
France194
Finland139
Germany122
United Kingdom100
Austria98
England92
Poland73

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyScentless Plant Bugs · Rhopalidae
GenusMyrmus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise short-winged rhopalid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.