Bertsa
| Bertsa | |
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| Bertsa lankana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Tribe: | Mirini |
| Genus: | Bertsa Kirkaldy, 1904[1] |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Berta Kirkaldy 1902[4] | |
Bertsa is a genus of true bugs in the family Miridae.
Characteristics[edit]
Elongated oval shaped body, attenna with four segments.[1] The white band on the dorsal of the insect marks the difference between this genus with others within the same tribus.[5]: 482 [6]
Distribution[edit]
This genus is distributed in warmer area of East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia. They have been found from Japan[5]: 472 to South Korea[5]: 469 , Mainland China[5]: 469 and Hong Kong[6]。
Species[edit]
So far only two species have been described:
- Bertsa lankana (Kirby, 1891): Seen only in the warmest provinces of South Korea[5]: 469 , southern provinces of Mainland China[1][5]: 469 , Taiwan,[7][8] as well as the area spanning from Indonesia to Sri Lanka.[5]: 472
- Bertsa major Zheng, 2004[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "各论 三、盲蝽族 Mirini Hahn, 1833 19. 隆胸盲蝽属Bertsa Kirkaldy, 1904". Fauna Sinica. Vol. Insecta Vol. 33. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Betacallis". p. 423. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "?". Entomologist. 37: 280.
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist., Soc. 14, 57.
- ^ a b c d e f g Oh, Min Suk; Yasunaga, Tomo; Duwal, Ram Keshari; Lee, Seung Hwan (August 2018). "Annotated checklist of the plant bug tribe Mirini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) recorded on the Korean Peninsula, with descriptions of three new species". European Journal of Entomology. 115 (3): 467–492. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ a b "Bertsa observed by chanddgreen at July 1st, 2018". iNaturalist.org. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Bertsa lankana (Körby, 1891) ". TaiBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Bertsa lankana (Körby, 1891)". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica.
External links[edit]
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