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) 1 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): Mictis abstrusa Linnavuori, 1978 Mictis amboinensis Walker, 1871 Mictis angusta Hsiao, 1965 Mictis caja Stål, 1865 Mictis difficilis Brailovsky & Barrera, 2006 Mictis dilatipes (Blöte, 1938) Mictis discolor Dallas, 1852 Mictis falloui Reuter, 1888 Mictis farinulenta Breddin, 1899 Mictis formidabilis Distant, 1918 Mictis fuscipes Hsiao, 1963 Mictis gallina Dallas, 1852 Mictis javana Walker, 1871 Mictis longicornis Westwood, 1842 Mictis macra Stål, 1865 Mictis oceanensis Distant, 1900 Mictis profana (Fabricius, 1803) - type species (as Mictis crucifera Leach) Mictis pungens Stål, 1871 Mictis riedeli Brailovsky, 2002 Mictis rufovittata Walker, 1871 Mictis serina Dallas, 1852 Mictis sulawesiana Brailovsky, 2002 Mictis tenebrosa (Fabricius, 1787) Mictis tridentifer Blöte, 1938 Mictis tuberosa Hsiao, 1965
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