Orthocephalus Explained

Orthocephalus ("straight head") is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 20 described species in Orthocephalus.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Orthocephalus:

Orthocephalus arnoldii (V.Putshkov, 1961)
Orthocephalus bivittatus Fieber, 1864
Orthocephalus brevis (Panzer, 1798)
Orthocephalus championi Saunders, 1894
Orthocephalus coriaceus (Fabricius, 1777)
Orthocephalus fulvipes Reuter, 1904
Orthocephalus funestus Jakovlev, 1881
Orthocephalus medvedevi Kiritshenko, 1951
Orthocephalus melas Seidenstucker, 1962
Orthocephalus minimus Drapolyuk & Kerzhner, 2000
Orthocephalus modarresi Linnavuori, 1997
Orthocephalus proserpinae (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Orthocephalus putshkovi Namyatova & Konstantinov, 2009
Orthocephalus rhyparopus Fieber, 1864
Orthocephalus saltator (Hahn, 1835)
Orthocephalus scorzonerae Drapolyuk & Kerzhner, 2000
Orthocephalus sefrensis Reuter, 1895
Orthocephalus solidus (Seidenstucker, 1971)
Orthocephalus styx Reuter, 1908
Orthocephalus tibialis (Reuter, 1894)
Orthocephalus tristis (Reuter, 1894)
Orthocephalus turkmenicus Namyatova & Konstantinov, 2009
Orthocephalus vittipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

Further reading

Orthocephalus saltator Hahn (Heteroptera: Miridae): corrections of misidentifications and the first authentic report for North America. 1986. Henry . T. J.. Kelton . L. A.. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94. 1. 51–55. 25009507.
Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. 1999. Kerzhner . I. M.. Josifov . M.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-19-1.
Web site: 2019-07-02. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs. American Museum of Natural History.
Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.