Orthotylus Explained

Orthotylus is a genus of bugs from the family Miridae.^{[1] [2]} There are more than 300 described species worldwide.^[3] The sheer number of species has led to the recognition of subgenera and groups, some of which may be promoted to genus level.^[4] Yamsunaga recognized the genus as non-monophyletic, and without consistent diagnostic characteristics.

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.

Partial list of subgenera

• Ericinellus type species: Orthotylus ericinellae^[5]
• Orthotylus
  • compactus group, type: Orthotylus compactus
  • priesneri group, type: Orthotylus priesneri
• Melanotrichus type species: Orthotylus flavosparsus
• Pseudorthotylus type species: Orthotylus bilineatus

See also

• List of Orthotylus species

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Orthotylus. BugGuide.
2. 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. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1953.tb01244.x.
3. Kwon, Ying Jung . Cho, Young Jae . Suh, Sang Jae . amp . 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. 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00199.x.
4. Yasunaga, Tomohide. 1999. The plant bug tribe Orthotylini in Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotytinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 142. 1. 143–183. https://web.archive.org/web/20140131000004/http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0142143.pdf. 31 January 2014. live.
5. Book: Linnavuori, Rauno E.. 1994. Orthotylinae of west, central and north-east Africa (Heteroptera, Miridae). (Acta zoologica Fennica, number 193). Helsinki, Finland. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, University of Helsinki. 46–48. 978-951-9481-38-8. https://web.archive.org/web/20070315135416/http://research.amnh.org/pbi/library/4509_1.pdf. 15 March 2007. live.