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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) » Phylinae

Subfamily Phylinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Plagiognathus tumidifrons silver-ish bug - Hoplomachidea consors Spanagonicus albofasciatus? - Spanagonicus albofasciatus Pilophorus from Pinyon Tree - Pilophorus plant bug - Plagiognathus Megalopsallus rubropictipes - female Megalopsallus teretis - female Orectoderus obliquus - Coquillettia - 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 Phylinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Phylinae Douglas & Scott 1865
Numbers
~300 genera in 4 tribes worldwide(3) • ~2,700 spp. in ~450 genera in 10 tribes per (4)
Identification
diagnosed primarily based on male genitalia(3)
Works Cited
1.A revised classification of the Phylinae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae) : arguments for the placement of genera
Randall T. Schuh and Katrina L Menard. 2013. American Museum of Natural History.
2.New genera, new species, new synonyms, and new combinations in North America and Caribbean Phylinae (Heteroptera, Miridae)
Randall T. Schuh and Michael D. Schwartz. 2004. American Museum of Natural History.
3.Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory
4.BioLib.cz
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 10 December, 2008 - 8:57am
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah, jbotz
Last updated 20 December, 2023 - 8:54pm

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