Plagiognathus-pictipes
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Megalopsallus pictipes
Megalopsallus pictipes is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae, originally described as Plagiognathus pictipes by Van Duzee in 1918. The species is distributed across the western United States and northern Mexico. Like other members of the genus Megalopsallus, it is a small predatory or plant-feeding true bug. The specific epithet 'pictipes' refers to the marked or painted legs, a characteristic feature of this species.