Tuponia

TaxID: 568037

Basic Information

Tuponia

Plant Bug

Leptomitus is a genus of demosponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Its name is derived from the Greek lept ("slender") and mitos ("thread"), referring to the overall shape of the sponge. 138 specimens of Leptomitus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.26% of the community.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Miridae

Tuponia

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) faluke@BY-NC
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(c) vaggeliskoutsoukos@BY-NC
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(c) Lupoli Roland@BY-NC
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(c) faluke@BY-NC
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(c) Associação Vita Nativa@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Body elongate oval, somewhat shining, without distinct punctures, covered with pale sericeous setae and dark setae; apical 1/3 of clavus and median part of hemelytra usually with suberect dark brown to reddish setae forming a transverse line. Body generally greenish or yellowish brown without dark patches, slightly glossy. Head, pronotum, and scutellum with indistinct punctures. Antennae and legs yellowish or yellowish green; mesofemur with few obscure brown spots; pro- and mesotibial spines black without dark bases, metatibial spines black with black bases. Membrane entirely or partly greyish. Abdomen light green or pale with thick pale pubescence. Total length 2.42–2.46 mm (male), 2.20–2.24 mm (female).

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature