Genus Orthotylus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

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)

Works Cited

1.	Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).

2.	Monograph of the North American Species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera) Van Duzee, E. P. 1916. California Academy of Sciences.

Contributed by tom murray on 9 October, 2008 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 8 May, 2025 - 8:21am

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