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Tribe Orthotylini


Descriptions of seven new species of Orthotylus Fieber (Hemiptera, Miridae)
By Knight, H. H.
Canadian Entomologist, 1927
Knight, H. H., 1927. Descriptions of seven new species of Orthotylus Fieber (Hemiptera, Miridae). Canadian Entomologist 59: 176--181.

Neotropical Miridae, CLXI: Apachemiris[,] Jornandinus[,] and Oaxacaenus, new genera of Orthotylini (Hemiptera)
By Carvalho, J. C. M. and J. C. Schaffner
Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 1974
Carvalho, J. C. M. and J. C. Schaffner (1974). Neotropical Miridae, CLXI: Apachemiris[,] Jornandinus[,] and Oaxacaenus, new genera of Orthotylini (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 35:65-73

Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Hadronema Group (Miridae, Orthotylinae, Orthotylini), ...
By Dimitri Forero
American Museum of Natural History, 2008
Full Title: Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Hadronema Group (Miridae, Orthotylinae, Orthotylini), with descriptions of new genera and new species, and comments on the neotropical genus Tupimiris

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 312

Available online at AMNH Research Library.

New Species of Oaxacacoris Schwartz & Stonedahl and Pseudopsallus Van Duzee, and a New Genus, Presidiomiris, from Texas
By Gary M. Stonedahl and Michael D. Schwartz
American Museum of Natural History, 1988
Full Title: New Species of Oaxacacoris Schwartz & Stonedahl and Pseudopsallus Van Duzee, and a New Genus, Presidiomiris, from Texas (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylini)
American Museum Novitates NO. 2928

- The new genus Presidiomiris are described.

- Two new species of Pseudopsallus (badger and tulare) from CA are described, and two new species of Oaxacacoris (durango and guadalajara) from Mexico are described.

- Ceratopidea is synonymized to Pseudopsallus, creating the new combination P. daleae.

A new species of Falconia Distant (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) from Mexico and the United States...
By Henry T.J., Halbert S.E., Garcia O., Anto J.K.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 121: 178-188, 2019
Full title: A new species of Falconia Distant (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) from Mexico and the United States and the first Dominican Republic and U.S. records of F. maculipennis Maldonado
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Monograph of the North American Species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera)
By Van Duzee, E. P.
California Academy of Sciences, 1916
Van Duzee, E.P. 1916. Monograph of the North American Species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 6:87-128.

Melanotrichus whiteheadi
By Henry, Thomas J.
Entomological Society of Washington , 1991
Full title: Melanotrichus whiteheadi, a new crucifer-feeding plant bug from the southeastern United States with new records for the genus and a key to species of eastern North America (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93: 449--456.

Provides species key of eastern Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) species.

Available online at PBI.

Review of Reuteria Puton 1875, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera: Miridae)
By Henry, Thomas J.
The American Entomological Society, 1976
Entomological News 87: pp. 61-74

Synthesis of Reuteria. Provides key, description, and illustrations of antennae.

Available online at PBI.