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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Miridae |
| Subfamily: | Orthotylinae |
| Tribe: | Orthotylini |
| Genus: | Orthotylus Fieber, 1858 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allocotus Puton, 1874 | |
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
edit- Ericinellus type species: Orthotylus ericinellae[8]
- Orthotylus[9]
- compactus group, type: Orthotylus compactus[10]
- priesneri group, type: Orthotylus priesneri[11]
- Melanotrichus type species: Orthotylus flavosparsus[12]
- Pseudorthotylus type species: Orthotylus bilineatus[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Schuh, R. T. (2013). "Taxa where genus is 'Orthotylus'". On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ "Genus Orthotylus". BugGuide.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yasunaga 1999, p. 144
- ^ Yasunaga 1999, p. 145
- ^ 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.
- ^ Linnavuori 1994, pp. 31–46
- ^ Linnavuori 1994, p. 44
- ^ Linnavuori 1994, pp. 32–44
- ^ Linnavuori 1994, pp. 48–51
- ^ Linnavuori 1994, p. 31
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