Bertsa

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Bertsa is a genus of true bugs in the family Miridae.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Suborder:Heteroptera
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Bertsa
Bertsa lankana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Bertsa
Kirkaldy, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2][3]

Berta Kirkaldy 1902[4]

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Characteristics

Elongated oval shaped body, antenna 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

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

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]

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