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Genus Orthotylus

Mirid bug - Orthotylus Orthotylus from Oregon (1) 10.07.16 - Orthotylus Orthotylus from Oregon (2) 10.07.16 - Orthotylus Green and black plant bug - Orthotylus Light white and brown plant bug - Orthotylus Female, Orthotylini - Orthotylus coagulatus - female Male, Orthotylus albocostatus? - Orthotylus albocostatus - male Unknown Miridae - Orthotylus
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
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)