Orthotylinae

Orthotylus virescens, copyright B. Schoenmakers.

Belongs within: Miridae.

The Orthotylinae are a group of mirid bugs in which parempodia are lamellate, recurved and apically strongly convergent, pulvilli are present, and the pronotum usually lacks a collar (Carver et al. 1991).

<==OrthotylinaeCGW91
| i. s.: FronsettaMC13
| OperaMC13
| RankiniellaMC13
| SophocorisMC13
| MacrotylusMC13
|--AustromiriniCGW91
| |--AustromirisCGW91
| |--Dasymiris schoutedeniCGW91, G75
| |--PorphyrodemaCGW91
| `--ZanessaCGW91
|--HalticiniCGW91
| |--MyrmecorideaCGW91
| |--MyrmecoroidesCGW91
| `--HalticusCGW91
| |--H. apterusH01
| |--H. minutusCGW91
| `--H. pusillusH01
`--OrthotyliniCGW91
|--MelanotrichusCGW91
|--PseudoloxopsCGW91
|--ZanchiusCGW91
|--CyrtorhinusCGW91
| |--C. lividipennisCGW91
| `--C. mundulus (Breddin 1896) [=Periscopus mundulus]K08
|--CoridromiusCGW91
| |--C. pilbarensisMC13
| `--C. variegatusCGW91
`--OrthotylusF05
|--O. adenocarpiA71
|--O. concolorA71
|--O. flavosparsusH01
|--O. (Pinocaspus) gemmae Gessé & Goula 2004F05
|--O. schoberiaeR13
`--O. virescensA71

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[F05] Fernández, J. 2005. Noticia de nuevos táxones para la ciencia en el ámbito Íbero-Balear y Macaronésico. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (IX). Graellsia 61 (2): 261–282.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[R13] Reuter, O. M. 1913. Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten bis zum Erwachen der sozialen Instinkte. R. Friedländer & Sohn: Berlin.

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