Bertsa

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Bertsa |authority=Kirkaldy, 1904{{r|zgdwz}} |synonyms_ref =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol1/pg0423.png |title=Betacallis |page=423 |access-date=2019-01-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=? |journal=Entomologist |volume=37 |page=280 }}</ref> |synonyms=''Berta'' {{small|Kirkaldy 1902}}<ref>J. Bombay nat. Hist., Soc. 14, 57.</ref> |image=Bertsa lankana 69695406.jpg |image_caption=''Bertsa lankana'' }}

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

==Characteristics== Elongated oval shaped body, antenna with four segments.{{r|zgdwz}} The white band on the dorsal of the insect marks the difference between this genus with others within the same tribus.{{r|Oh et al 2018|page=482}}<ref name="iNaturalist">{{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13971400#activity_comment_2409027 |title=''Bertsa '' observed by chanddgreen at July 1st, 2018 |work=iNaturalist.org |date=2019-01-01 |access-date=2019-01-03 }}</ref>

==Distribution== This genus is distributed in warmer area of East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia. They have been found from Japan{{r|Oh et al 2018|page1=472}} to South Korea{{r|Oh et al 2018|page1=469}}, Mainland China{{r|Oh et al 2018|page1=469}} and Hong Kong{{r|iNaturalist}}。

==Species== So far only two species have been described: * ''Bertsa lankana'' {{small|(Kirby, 1891)}}: Seen only in the warmest provinces of South Korea{{r|Oh et al 2018|page1=469}}, southern provinces of Mainland China{{r|zgdwz|Oh et al 2018|page2=469}}, Taiwan,<ref>{{TaiBIF |id=339213 |binomial=Bertsa lankana |authority=(Körby, 1891) |zh=小隆胸盲蝽 |access-date=2019-01-01 }}</ref><ref>{{TaiBNET |id=339213 |binomial=Bertsa lankana |authority=(Körby, 1891) |zh=小隆胸盲蝽 |access-date=2019-01-01 }}</ref> as well as the area spanning from Indonesia to Sri Lanka.{{r|Oh et al 2018|page1=472}} * ''Bertsa major'' {{small|Zheng, 2004}}{{r|zgdwz}}

==References== <references>

<ref name="zgdwz">{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.lifescience.com.cn/info/74232 |chapter=各论三、盲蝽族 Mirini Hahn, 1833 19. 隆胸盲蝽属Bertsa Kirkaldy, 1904 |title=Fauna Sinica |volume=Insecta Vol. 33 |url=http://zgdwz.lifescience.com.cn/animal/f/cn.html?p=1&juance_cns=K33 |access-date=2019-01-01 }}</ref> <ref name="Oh et al 2018">{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327329487_Annotated_checklist_of_the_plant_bug_tribe_Mirini_Heteroptera_Miridae_Mirinae_recorded_on_the_Korean_Peninsula_with_descriptions_of_three_new_species |last1=Oh |first1=Min Suk |last2=Yasunaga |first2=Tomo |last3=Duwal |first3=Ram Keshari |last4=Lee |first4=Seung Hwan |title=Annotated checklist of the plant bug tribe Mirini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) recorded on the Korean Peninsula, with descriptions of three new species |journal=European Journal of Entomology |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=467–492 |date=August 2018 |access-date=2019-01-03 }}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Bertsa&selectall=Check+All&colname=on&colcategory=on&colauthority=on&colcomments=on&page=&vol= Nomenclator Zoologicus]

Category:Mirini Category:Miridae genera Category:Hemiptera of Asia