Orthops kalmii

{{Short description|Species of true bug}}

{{Expand German|topic=scitech|Orthops kalmii|date=July 2019}}

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|image = Orthops kalmi 2.jpg

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|genus = Orthops

|species = kalmii

|authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

|synonyms =

• Cimex kalmii Linnaeus, 1758

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Orthops kalmii is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae, that can be found everywhere in Europe but is absent on such islands as Azores, the Canary Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Malta.{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452079|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173252/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452079|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 14, 2013|title=Orthops (Orthops) kalmii (Linnaeus, 1758)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 14, 2013}} then east through the Palearctic to Siberia. It is {{convert|4.5|mm}} long.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/orthops_kalmi.html|title=Orthops kalmii''|publisher=British Bugs|accessdate=June 23, 2013}}{{Cite book|author1=Kerzhner I. M. |author2=Josifov M. |year=1999|chapter=Family Miridae|editor=Aukema, Berend |editor2=Rieger, Christian|title=Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region|volume=3, Cimicomorpha II|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Netherlands Entomological Society|pages=1–577, page 133|isbn=978-90-71912-19-1}} Both nymphs and adults feed on Apiaceae without preference. The name honours Finnish naturalist Pehr Kalm.