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Family Miridae - Plant Bugs

Neurocolpus cf. nubilus ??? - Neurocolpus Phytocoris exemplus  True Bug - Lopidea Plant Bug - Leptopterna dolabrata white bug - Reuteria bifurcata plant bug - Collaria meilleurii Garden Fleahopper nymph - Halticus bractatus Plant Bug - Polymerus basalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Miridae Hahn, 1833 (sometimes listed as 1831)
Explanation of Names
Miridae is from the name of the type genus, Miris Fabricius, 1794. Miris is perhaps from Latin mirus- "wonderful". (The Century Dictionary (1) says "etymology dubious"!)
Numbers
1,930 species in 223 genera in United States and Canada(2)
Size
adult body length 2-15 mm
Identification
The unique characteristic of mirids is special setae called trichobothria diposed on the middle and hind femora. Other characteristics are the lack of ocelli and the presence of cuneus (a crease about two-thirds of the way down the front wing), but these are not unique to mirids, since ocelli may be absent in some other heteropterans, e.g. in Cnemodus (Rhyparochromidae) and Largidae, yet present in a few mirids (Isometopinae), while Anthocoridae, Cimicidae, and Microphysidae also have cuneus. (Edited by WonGun Kim & =v=)

Other useful characteristics include usually long, thin antennae (usually shorter and thicker in Lygaeoidea and Coreoidea) and slender, delicate legs [paraphrased from a comment by Eric Eaton].
Food
Some members of the family are plant feeders; others are predatory.
Remarks
Family MIRIDAE
Subfamily Bryocorinae
Tribe Bryocorini
Genera Monalocoris

Tribe Dicyphini
Genera Campyloneura, Cyrtopeltis, Dicyphus, Engytatus, Macrolophus, Miomonalonion, Nesidocoris, Tupiocoris, Usingerella

Tribe Eccritotarsini
Genera Caulotops, Cyrtocapsus, Halticotoma, Hesperolabops, Pycnoderes, Pycnoderella, Sixeonotopsis, Sixeonotus, Sysinas


Subfamily Cylapinae
Genera Cylapus, Fulvius, Peritropis


Subfamily Deraeocorinae
Tribe Clivinemini
Genera Bothynotus, Clivinema, Largidea

Tribe Deraeocorini
Genera Conocephalocoris, Deraeocapsus, Deraeocoris, Diplozona, Eurychilopterella, Hesperophylum, Klopicoris, Strobilocapsus

Tribe Hyaliodini
Genera Hyaliodes, Paracarniella, Stethoconus

Tribe Surinamelini
Genera Eustictus


Subfamily Isometopinae
Genus Corticoris, Diphleps, Lidopus, Myiomma, Wetmorea


Subfamily Mirinae
Tribe Herdoniini
Genera Barberiella, Closterocoris, Cyphopelta, Dacerla, Heidemanniella, Mexicomiris, Paradacerla, Paraxenetus

Tribe Mirini
Genera Adelphocoris, Agnocoris, Allorhinocoris, Bolteria, Calocoris, Camptozygum, Capsus, Closterotomus, Coccobaphes, Creontiades, Dagbertus, Derophthalma, Dichrooscytus, Ectopiocerus, Ganocapsus, Garganus, Gracilimiris, Henrylygus, Irbisia, Knightomiris, Lampethusa, Lygidea, Lygocoris, Lygus, Metriorrhynchomiris, Monalocorisca, Neoborella, Neoborops, Neocapsus, Neolygus, Neurocolpus, Nonlygus, Notholopisca, Orthops, Pachypeltocoris, Phytocoris, Pinalitus, Platylygus, Poecilocapsus, Polymerus, Proba, Pycnocoris, Salignus, Stenotus, Stittocapsus, Taedia, Taylorilygus, Tropidosteptes

Tribe Resthenini
Genera Oncerometopus, Opistheurista, Platytylus, Prepops

Genera Acetropis, Actinocoris, Autumnimiris, Chaetofoveolocoris, Chaetomiris, Collaria, Dolichomiris, Leptopterna, Litomiris, Megaloceroea, Mimoceps, Pithanus, Porpomiris, Stenodema, Teratocoris, Trigonotylus


Subfamily Orthotylinae
Tribe Halticini
Genera Anapus, Halticus, Labops, Myrmecophyes, Orthocephalus

Genera Acaciacoris, Aoplonema, Apachemiris, Argyrocoris, Ballella, Blepharidopterus, Brachynotocoris, Brooksetta, Ceratocapsus, Cyrtorhinus, Daleapidea, Diaphnidia, Dichaetocoris, Ephedrodoma, Guerrerocoris, Fieberocapsus, Hadronema, Heterocordylus, Heterotoma, Hyalochloria, Ilnacora, Ilnacorella, Jobertus, Labopella, Labopidea, Lopidea, Lopidella, Mecomma, Noctuocoris, Orthotylus, Pamillia, Paraproba, Parthenicus, Pilophoropsis, Presidiomiris, Pseudoloxops, Pseudopsallus, Pseudoxenetus, Renodaeus, Reuteria, Saileria, Scalponotatus, Schaffneria, Sericophanes, Slaterocoris, Squamocoris, Texocoris


Subfamily PHYLINAE
Genera Coquillettia, Cyrtopeltocoris, Orectoderus, Phoradendrepulus, Teleorhinus


Genera Tytthus


Tribe Phylini
Genera Amblytylus, Americodema, Asciodema, Atractotomus, Beckocoris, Brachyceratocoris, Campylomma, Cariniocoris, Chlamydatus, Compsidolon, Coniferocoris, Conostethus, Criocoris, Europiella, Gonoporomiris, Hambletoniola, Hoplomachidea, Hoplomachus, Hyalopsallus, Icodema, Keltonia, Knigntomiroides, Knightopiella*(*introduced in (3)), Larinocerus, Lepidargyrus, Lineatopsallus, Lopus, Macrotylus, Maurodactylus, Megalocoleus, Megalopsallus, Monosynamma, Nevadocoris, Nicholia, Occidentodema, Oligotylus, Oncotylus, Phoenicocoris, Phyllopidea, Phylus, Phymatopsallus, Piceophylus, Pinomiris, Pinophylus, Plagiognathus, Plesiodema, Pronotocrepis, Psallovius, Psallus, Pseudatomoscelis, Ranzovius, Reuteroscopus, Rhinacloa, Rhinocapsus, Semium, Spanagonicus, Sthenarus, Strophopoda, Tannerocoris, Tuponia, Tuxedo


Genera Alepidiella, Pilophorus, Sthenaridea
Print References
The Century Dictionary, entries for Miridae, Miris(1)
Internet References
pinned adult images of one or more species in each of 49 genera (Insects of Cedar Creek, U. of Minnesota)
Miridae home page and searchable Systematic Catalog which also serves as a navigable directory (Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory, American Museum of Natural History)
Alphabetized list of North American species and genera, split into two sections: A-M, N-Z (nearctica.com)