Saltbush Mirid: Dorsal

Saltbush Mirid (Coridromius chenopoderis)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Family:

Jumping Tree Bug (Cimicomorpha, Miridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Saltbush Mirid (Coridromius chenopoderis)

This Photo:

Dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
A tiny bug at ~2.5mm that has striped legs & face. More like a plant hopper with it's powerful hind legs.
It's severely bent wings are another obvious diagnostic feature.
Notibly this genus utilises a Traumatic insemination technique to "copulate".

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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