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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Orthotylinae » Halticini » Orthocephalus

Genus Orthocephalus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
pale-speckled black plant bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus - male Silver Plant Bug - Orthocephalus saltator Unknown Miridae - Orthocephalus coriaceus Miridae - Plant Bugs - Orthocephalus coriaceus plant bugs - Orthocephalus coriaceus Plant Bug - Orthocephalus saltator - female moth sheet bug - Orthocephalus saltator Bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Orthotylinae
Tribe Halticini
Genus Orthocephalus
Explanation of Names
Orthocephalus Fieber 1858
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, both non-native; >20 spp. worldwide(1)(2)(3)
Range
Palaearctic (native); ne. NA (introduced, probably on plant material in the early 1900s)(1)(2)(4)
Works Cited
1.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
2.A Synthesis of the Holarctic Miridae (Heteroptera): Distribution, Biology, and Origin, with Emphasis on North America
A. G., Jr. Wheeler & Thomas J. Henry. 1992. Entomological Society of America.
3.Revision of the genus Orthocephalus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)
Anna A. Namyatova & Fedor V. Konstantinov. 2009. Magnolia Press.
4.Orthocephalus saltator Hahn (Het.: Miridae): Corrections of misidentifications and the first authentic report for North America
T.J. Henry & l.A. Kelton. 1986. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 94(1): 51-55.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 October, 2008 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 8:32pm

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