Plinthisinae
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Plinthisus martini
dirt-colored seed bug
Plinthisus martini is a species of seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae, described by Van Duzee in 1921. It belongs to a group commonly known as dirt-colored seed bugs, characterized by their generally dull, earth-toned coloration. The species is documented from North America. As a member of the subfamily Plinthisinae, it is part of a lineage of small, ground-dwelling lygaeoid bugs whose biology remains poorly documented in the scientific literature.