Orthotylus

Orthotylus is a genus of bugs from the family Miridae.[2][3] There are more than 300 described species worldwide.[4] The sheer number of species has led to the recognition of subgenera and groups, some of which may be promoted to genus level.[5] Yamsunaga recognized the genus as non-monophyletic, and without consistent diagnostic characteristics.[6]

Orthotylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Orthotylinae
Tribe: Orthotylini
Genus: Orthotylus
Fieber, 1858
Synonyms[1]

Allocotus Puton, 1874
Diommatus Uhler, 1887
Ericinellus Linnavuori, 1994
Halocapsus Puton, 1878
Kiiorthotylus Yasunaga, 1993
Litocoris Fieber, 1860
Litosoma Douglas and Scott, 1865
Macrotyloides Van Duzee, 1916
Melanotrichus Reuter, 1875
Neomecomma Southwood, 1953
Neopachylops Wagner, 1956
Pachylops Fieber, 1858
Parapachylops Ehanno and Matocq, 1990
Pinocapsus Southwood, 1953
Pseudorthotylus Poppius, 1914
Tichorhinus Fieber, 1858

Most of the species are plant feeders, some of them attacking important crops; however, some species also prey on the larvae of lepidoptera and diptera, as well as on psyllids and aphids.[7]

Partial list of subgenera

See also

References
  1. Schuh, R. T. (2013). "Taxa where genus is 'Orthotylus'". On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum of Natural History.
  2. "Genus Orthotylus". BugGuide.
  3. Southwood, T. R. E. (1953). "The morphology and taxonomy of the genus Orthotylus Fieber (Hem., Miridae), with special reference to the British species". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 104 (11): 415–449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1953.tb01244.x.
  4. Kwon, Ying Jung; Cho, Young Jae & Suh, Sang Jae (2009). "New record of Orthotylus pallen [sic] (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Korea, with a key to and checklist of Korean species". Entomological Research. 39 (1): 55–60. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00199.x.
  5. Yasunaga, Tomohide (1999). "The plant bug tribe Orthotylini in Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotytinae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 142 (1): 143–183. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2014.
  6. Yasunaga 1999, p. 144
  7. Yasunaga 1999, p. 145
  8. Linnavuori, Rauno E. (1994). Orthotylinae of west, central and north-east Africa (Heteroptera, Miridae) (PDF). (Acta zoologica Fennica, number 193). Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, University of Helsinki. pp. 46–48. ISBN 978-951-9481-38-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2007.
  9. Linnavuori 1994, pp. 31–46
  10. Linnavuori 1994, p. 44
  11. Linnavuori 1994, pp. 32–44
  12. Linnavuori 1994, pp. 48–51
  13. Linnavuori 1994, p. 31


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