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Genus Orthotylus

Orthotylus sp. - Orthotylus Mirid bug - Orthotylus Orthotylus flavosparsus Orthotylini - Orthotylus albocostatus Orthotylus Family Miridae - Orthotylus dark-streaked plant bug - Orthotylus Orthotylus viridis - male
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 Orthotylini
Genus Orthotylus
Other Common Names
Ortho Mirids
Explanation of Names
Orthotylus Fieber 1858
Numbers
~50 spp. in our area, almost 300 total(1)
Range
mostly Holarctic, with a few spp. in other regions (map)
Print References
Van Duzee, E.P. 1916. Monograph of the North American Species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 6: 87-128. (2)