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English species names of Family Miridae Hahn, 1831
Capsid bugs, Grass bugs, Jumping tree bugs, Leaf bugs, Mirid Bugs, Myrid Bugs, Plant Bug, Plant bugs


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
564
25824
208282
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyMiridae
Hahn, 1831
Capsid bugs, Grass bugs, Jumping tree bugs, Leaf bugs
2169
20668
Genera
Species


A
Acacia spotting bugRayieria tumidiceps Horváth, 1902
AfropeltisHelopeltis White, 1855
AfropeltisHelopeltis (Helopeltis) Schmitz, 1968
Alfalfa bugAdelphocoris lineolatus Goeze, 1778
Alfalfa plant bugAdelphocoris lineolatus Goeze, 1778
American grass bugAcetropis americana Knight, 1927
American tarnished plant bugLygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1818
Ant mimic bugMyrmecoris gracilis Sahlberg, 1848
Apple brown bugAtractotomus mali Meyer-Dür, 1843
Apple CapsidLygocoris rugicollis Fallen, 1807
Apple capsid bugLygocoris rugicollis Fallen, 1807
Apple dimpling bugCampylomma livida Reuter, 1885
Apple Dimpling BugCampylomma liebknechti Girault, 1934
Apple red bugLygidea mendax Reuter, 1909
Ash plant bugTropidosteptes amoenus Reuter, 1909
Asian plant bugStethoconus praefectus Distant, 1909
Azalea plant bugRhinocapsus vanduzeei Uhler, 1890


B
Bean capsidPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Bermuda-grass miridTrigonotylus pulcher Reuter, 1876
Bermuda-grass miridTrigonotylus tenuis Reuter, 1895
Bishop bugLygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911
Black bugPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Black fleahopperSpanagonicus albofasciatus Reuter, 1907
Black fleahopperRhinacloa forticornis Reuter, 1876
Black grass bugLabops hesperius Uhler, 1872
Black kneed capsidBlepharidopterus angulatus Fallen, 1807
Black Plant BugCapsus ater Linnaeus, 1758
Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus Fallen, 1807
Black-kneed CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus Fallen, 1807
Bracken BugMonalocoris filicis Linnaeus, 1758
Broken-backed BugTaylorilygus apicalis Fieber, 1861
Brokenbacked BugTaylorilygus apicalis Fieber, 1861
Brown bugAtractotomus mali Meyer-Dür, 1843
Brown capsidSahlbergella singularis Haglund, 1895
Brown cotton miridRhinacloa forticornis Reuter, 1876
Brown miridCreontiades pallidifer Walker, 1873
Brown Smudge BugDeraeocoris signatus Distant, 1904
Bud and boll shedder bugCreontiades pallidus Rambur, 1839


C
Cacao mosquitoHelopeltis bergrothi Reuter, 1892
Cacao-mosquitoHelopeltis schoutedeni Reuter, 1906
Capsid bugPinalitus oromii J. Ribes, 1992
Capsid BugFulvius borgesi Cherot, Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006
Caragana bugLopidea dakota Knight, 1923
Caragana plant bugLopidea dakota Knight, 1923
Casaba melon bugPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Cashew helopeltisHelopeltis anacardii Miller, 1954
Chinese black miridTytthus chinensis Stål, 1859
Cholam bugCalocoris angustatus Lethierry, 1893
Clouded plant bugNeurocolpus nubilus Say, 1832
Cocoa capsidSahlbergella singularis Haglund, 1895
Cocoa capsid stem sapperSahlbergella singularis Haglund, 1895
Cocoa mosquito bugHelopeltis bergrothi Reuter, 1892
Common Green CapsidLygocoris pabulinus Linnaeus, 1761
Common Green Capsid BugLygocoris pabulinus Linnaeus, 1761
Common nettle bugLiocoris tripustulatus Fabricius, 1781
Common nettle capsidLiocoris tripustulatus Fabricius, 1781
Cotton bugHorcias nobilellus Berg, 1883
Cotton fleahopperPseudatomoscelis seriatus Reuter, 1876
Cotton helopeltisHelopeltis schoutedeni Reuter, 1906
Cotton leaf bugAdelphocoris rapidus Say, 1832
Cotton mirid bugPseudatomoscelis seriatus Reuter, 1876
Cotton mosquito bugHelopeltis schoutedeni Reuter, 1906
Cotton plant bugHorcias nobilellus Berg, 1883
Crop MiridSidnia kinbergi Stål, 1859


D
Dark Green Apple CapsidOrthotylus marginalis Reuter, 1883
Delicate apple capsidMalacocoris chlorizans Panzer, 1794
Delicate Apple-capsidMalacocoris chlorizans Panzer, 1794
Dimple bugCampylomma livida Reuter, 1885
Dimpling BugCampylomma liebknechti Girault, 1934
Dimpling bugNiastama punctaticollis Reuter, 1904


E
European tarnished plant bugLygus pratensis Linnaeus, 1758
European tarnished plant bugLygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911


F
False red bugLygidea mendax Reuter, 1909
False tarnished plant bugNeolygus invitus Say, 1832
Fern bugMonalocoris filicis Linnaeus, 1758
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus Linnaeus, 1758
FleahopperHalticus apterus Linnaeus, 1758
FleahopperMicrotechnites chrysolepis Kirkaldy, 1904
FleahoppersHalticus Hahn, 1832
Flower bugsPilophorus walshii Uhler, 1887
Four-lined leaf bugPoecilocapsus lineatus Fabricius, 1798
Four-lined Plant BugPoecilocapsus lineatus Fabricius, 1798
Fourlined Plant BugPoecilocapsus lineatus Fabricius, 1798


G
Garden FleahopperMicrotechnites bractatus Say, 1832
Garden fleahopperHalticus bractatus Say, 1832
Garden fleahopperHalticus tibialis Reuter, 1891
Glassy-winged mirid bugHyaliodes vitripennis Say, 1832
Glassy-winged soldier bugHyaliodes vitripennis Say, 1832
Grass fleahopperHalticus chrysolepis Kirkaldy, 1904
Green apple bugLygocoris communis Knight, 1916
Green cotton miridDagbertus olivaceus Reuter, 1907
Green MiridCreontiades dilutus Stål, 1859
Green Plant BugIlnacora malina Uhler, 1877
Green plant bugTaylorilygus apicalis Fieber, 1861


H
Hairy Plant BugOrthocephalus coriaceus Fabricius, 1777
Hawaiian leaf bugHyalopeplus pellucidus Stål, 1859
Hawthorn bugAtractotomus mali Meyer-Dür, 1843
Hawthorn plant bugHeterocordylus malinus Slingerland, 1909
Hickory bugLygocoris caryae Knight, 1917
Hickory plant bugNeolygus caryae Knight, 1917
Hickory plant bugLygocoris caryae Knight, 1917
Hollyhock bugBrooksetta althaeae Hussey, 1924
Hollyhock plant bugBrooksetta althaeae Hussey, 1924
Honeylocust bugDiaphnocoris chlorionis Say, 1832
Honeylocust plant bugDiaphnocoris chlorionis Say, 1832
Honeylocust plant bugBlepharidopterus chlorionis Say, 1832
Hop capsidCalocoris fulvomaculatus De Geer, 1773
Hop plant bugTaedia hawleyi Knight, 1917


J
Japanese tarnished plant bugOrthops kalmii Linnaeus, 1758
Jumping Tree BugsIsometopinae McAtee & Malloch, 1924


K
Kikuyu Grass BugHalticus chrysolepis Kirkaldy, 1904


L
Leaf bugPinalitus oromii J. Ribes, 1992
Leaf bugSthenarus rotermundi Scholtz, 1847
Leaf BugFulvius borgesi Cherot, Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006
Lime capsidOrthotylus nassatus Fabricius, 1787
Long Thin Plant BugMegaloceroea recticornis Geoffroy, 1785
Lucerne bugLygus elisus Van Duzee, 1914
Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus Goeze, 1778
Lucerne plant bugLygus elisus Van Duzee, 1914
Lygus bugLygus Hahn, 1831
Lygus BugsLygus Hahn, 1831


M
Meadow plant bugLeptopterna dolabrata Linnaeus, 1758
Melon leaf bugPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Mirid BugDeraeocoris ruber Linnaeus, 1758
Mirid bugTrigonotylus uhleri Reuter, 1876
Mirid bugsHelopeltis White, 1855
Mirid bugsHelopeltis (Helopeltis) Schmitz, 1968
Mosquito blight of teaHelopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886
Mosquito bugsHelopeltis (Helopeltis) Schmitz, 1968
Mosquito bugsHelopeltis White, 1855
Mullein BugCampylomma Reuter, 1878
Mullein bugCampylomma verbasci Meyer-Dür, 1843
Mullein leaf bugCampylomma verbasci Meyer-Dür, 1843


N
Nail LichenPilophorus clavatus Linnaeus, 1767
Needle-nosed hop bugCalocoris fulvomaculatus De Geer, 1773
North American Tarnished Plant BugLygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1818


O
Oak bugNeolygus quercalbae Knight, 1917
Oak plant bugLygocoris quercalbae Knight, 1917
Obscure plant bugPlagiognathus obscurus Uhler, 1872
Onion bugLabopidea allii Knight, 1923
Onion capsid bugDiaphnocoris provancheri Burque, 1887
Onion plant bugLindbergocapsus allii Knight, 1923
Onion plant bugLabopidea allii Knight, 1923
Ornate Plant BugReuteroscopus ornatus Reuter, 1876


P
Pacific Grass BugIrbisia pacifica Uhler, 1872
Pale green plant bugApolygus spinolae Meyer-Dür, 1841
Pale legume bugLygus elisus Van Duzee, 1914
Parkinsonia leaf bugRhinacloa callicrates Herring, 1971
Pear bugLygocoris communis Knight, 1916
Pear plant bugNeolygus communis Knight, 1916
Pear plant bugLygocoris communis Knight, 1916
Phlox bugLopidea davisi Knight, 1917
Phlox plant bugLopidea davisi Knight, 1917
Pine conelet bugPappus luridus Reuter, 1909
Plant bugTytthus parviceps Reuter, 1890
Plant BugLygocoris pabulinus Linnaeus, 1761
Plant bugPsallus betuleti Fallen, 1829
Plant bugHyalopsallus diaphanus Reuter, 1907
Plant bugPhylus coryli Linnaeus, 1758
Plant bugStethoconus japonicus Schumacher, 1917
Plant BugMegaloceroea recticornis Geoffroy, 1785
Plant bugHeterotoma planicornis Pallas, 1772
Plant bugPlagiognathus vitellinus Scholtz, 1847
Plant bugPsallus flavellus Stichel, 1933
Plant bugPhytocoris dimidiatus Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata Linnaeus, 1758
Plant bugPinalitus cervinus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
Plant bugPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Plant bugMegalocoleus molliculus Fallen, 1807
Plant bugRhinacloa pallidipes Maldonado, 1969
Plant bugClosterotomus norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
Plant bugPsallus haematodes Gmelin, 1790
Plant bugPhytocoris populi Linnaeus, 1758
Plant bugOpuna sharpianus Kirkaldy, 1902
Plant bugSthenaridea carmelitana Carvalho, 1948
Plant bugDeraeocoris ruber Linnaeus, 1758
Plant bugOrthotylus nassatus Fabricius, 1787
Plant bugTrigonotylus tenuis Reuter, 1895
Plant bugPhytocoris tiliae Fabricius, 1777
Plant bugPsallus lepidus Fieber, 1858
Plant bugSthenaridea vulgaris Distant, 1893
Plant bugEuropiella albipennis Fallen, 1829
Plant bugAtractotomus mali Meyer-Dür, 1843
Plant bugRubrocuneocoris calvertae Henry, 2017
Plant bugOrthotylus ochrotrichus Fieber, 1864
Plant bugPhytocoris ulmi Linnaeus, 1758
Plant bugPsallus variabilis Fallen, 1807
Plant BugStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794
Plant bugJobertus chrysolectrus Distant, 1893
Plant BugOrthocephalus coriaceus Fabricius, 1777
Plant bugPinalitus oromii J. Ribes, 1992
Plant bugFieberocapsus flaveolus Reuter, 1871
Plant bugOrthotylus rubidus Puton, 1874
Plant bugTrigonotylus uhleri Reuter, 1876
Plant bugPhytocoris varipes Boheman, 1852
Plant bugNesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895
Plant bugOrthocephalus saltator Hahn, 1835
Plant bugPinalitus rubricatus Fallen, 1807
Plant bugAmblytylus nasutus Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant bugPolymerus testaceipes Stål, 1860
Plant bugFulvius anthocoroides Reuter, 1875
Plant bugOrthotylus virescens Douglas & Scott, 1865
Plant bugCompsidolon salicellum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
Plant bugPilophorus cinnamopterus Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant bugPithanus maerkelii Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838
Plant bugApolygus lucorum Meyer-Dür, 1843
Plant bugRhabdomiris striatellus Fabricius, 1794
Plant bugPolymerus unifasciatus Fabricius, 1794
Plant bugOrthotylus viridinervis Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant bugCoridromius chenopoderis Tatarnic & Cassis, 2008
Plant bugPseudoloxops coccineus Meyer-Dür, 1843
Plant bugCaulotops distanti Reuter, 1905
Plant bugPlagiognathus arbustorum Fabricius, 1794
Plant bugDichrooscytus rufipennis Fallen, 1807
Plant bugPrepops cruciferus Berg, 1879
Plant bugBlepharidopterus angulatus Fallen, 1807
Plant bugHyalopeplus pellucidus Stål, 1859
Plant bugCoridromius variegatus Montrouzier, 1861
Plant bugPilophorus clavatus Linnaeus, 1767
Plant bugCyrtorhinus fulvus Knight, 1935
Plant bugRhinacloa cardini Barber & Bruner, 1946
Plant BugOrthops scutellatus Uhler, 1877
Plant bugCeratocapsus nigropiceus Reuter, 1907
Plant BugPlagiognathus chrysanthemi Wolff, 1804
Plant bugDicyphus pallicornis Fieber, 1861
Plant bugMalacocoris chlorizans Panzer, 1794
Plant bugAsciodema obsoleta Fieber, 1864
Plant bugProba vittiscutis Stål, 1860
Plant BugFulvius borgesi Cherot, Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006
Plant bugParacarniella cubanus Bruner, 1934
Plant bugTytthus mundulus Breddin, 1896
Plant bugPilophorus confusus Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant bugCyrtorhinus lividipennis Reuter, 1885
Plant bugCamptozygum aequale Villers, 1789
Plant bugAtractotomus kolenatii Flor, 1860
Plant bugOrthotylus concolor Kirschbaum, 1856
Plant BugTaylorilygus apicalis Fieber, 1861
Plant bugDolichomiris linearis Reuter, 1882
Plant bugFulvius variegatus Poppius, 1909
Plant bugBrachynotocoris puncticornis Reuter, 1880
Plant bugPhoenicocoris dissimilis Reuter, 1878
Plant bugLepidargyrus ancorifer Fieber, 1858
Plant bugPilophorus perplexus Douglas & Scott, 1875
Plant bugAtractotomus magnicornis Fallen, 1807
Plant BugOrthotylus flavosparsus C. R. Sahlberg, 1841
Plant BugLopus decolor Fallen, 1807
Potato BugClosterotomus norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
Potato BugClosterotomus norwegicus Gmelin, 1790
Potato bugCalocoris norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
Potato capsidClosterotomus norwegicus Gmelin, 1790
Potato capsidCalocoris norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
Predaceous plant bugKundakimuka queenslandica Cassis, 1995
Predatory bugCampyloneura virgula Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835
Predatory plant bugDeraeocoris orientalis Distant, 1904
Pycnoderes quadrimaculatusPycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857


R
Ragweed bugChlamydatus associatus Uhler, 1872
Ragweed plant bugChlamydatus associatus Uhler, 1872
Rapid plant bugAdelphocoris rapidus Say, 1832
Rapid plant bugAdelphocoris superdus
Red apple capsidPsallus ambiguus Fallen, 1807
Red-cuneus Plant BugPolymerus rubrocuneatus Knight, 1925
Rhodesian tobacco capsidNesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895
Rice Leaf BugTrigonotylus caelestialium Kirkaldy, 1902


S
Salien Plant BugCriocoris saliens Reuter, 1876
Shedder bugCreontiades pallidus Rambur, 1839
Shy bugCalocoris fulvomaculatus De Geer, 1773
Siberian Musk DeerMacrolophus melanotoma A. Costa, 1853
Slender crop miridStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794
Small green plant bugPycnoderes vanduzeei Reuter, 1907
Small green plant bugLygocoris lucorum Meyer-Dür, 1843
Sonora cotton-square dauberCreontiades debilis Van Duzee, 1915
Sorghum plant bugStenotus rubrovittatus Matsumura, 1913
Spiny meadow plant bugStenodema trispinosum Reuter, 1904
Spotted Plant BugClosterotomus fulvomaculatus De Geer, 1773
St Helena Brown-spotted BugNeisopsallus lutosus Buchanan-White, 1878
St Helena Claret-spotted BugNeisopsallus vinaceus Buchanan-White, 1878
St Helena Green-winged Plant BugOrthops mutabilis Buchanan-White, 1878
St Helena Samphire BugHirtopsallus suedae Schmitz, 1976
St Helena Scrubwood BugInsulopus asteri Schmitz, 1976
St Helena Shiny BugAgrametra aethiops Buchanan-White, 1878
St Helena Small Brown BugNaresthus hebes Schmitz, 1976
St Helena Spotty BugHelenocoris horridus Schmitz, 1976
St Helena Tiny BugOligobiella fuliginea Buchanan-White, 1878
St Helena Yellow-spotted BugLopsallus flavosparsus Buchanan-White, 1878
Strawberry bugCalocoris norvegicus Gmelin, 1790
SuckflyTupiocoris notatus Distant, 1893
SuckflyCyrtopeltis notatus
Sugarcane planthopper miridTytthus mundulus Breddin, 1896
Superb plant bugAdelphocoris rapidus Say, 1832
Superb plant bugAdelphocoris superbus Uhler, 1875


T
Taiwan bamboo miridMecistoscelis scirtetoides Reuter, 1891
Tarnished plant bugLygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1818
Tea bugHelopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886
Tea mosquitoHelopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886
Tea mosquito bugHelopeltis bradyi Waterhouse, 1886
Tea mosquito bugHelopeltis pernicialis Stonedahl et al.2, 1995
Tea mosquito bugHelopeltis antonii Signoret, 1858
Tea mosquito bugHelopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886
Tea mosquitosHelopeltis (Helopeltis) Schmitz, 1968
Tea mosquitosHelopeltis White, 1855
Three-Spined Grass BugStenodema trispinosum Reuter, 1904
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794
Timothy plant bugStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794
Tobacco capsidNesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895
Tobacco leaf bugNesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895
Tobaco miridEngytatus tabaci Froggatt, 1920
Tomato bugEngytatus modestus Distant, 1893
Tomato bugCyrtopeltis modesta Distant, 1893
Tomato bugCyrtopeltis modestus Distant, 1893
Tomato MiridEngytatus nicotianae Koningsberger, 1903
Tomato miridNesidiocoris tenuis Reuter, 1895
TPBLygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1818
Transparent-winged plant bugHyalopeplus pellucidus Stål, 1859
Transparentwinged plant bugHyalopeplus pellucidus Stål, 1859
Trefoil plant bugPlagiognathus chrysanthemi Wolff, 1804
Two-spotted Grass BugStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794
Twospotted grass bugStenotus binotatus Fabricius, 1794


U
Unarmed meadow plant bugStenodema vicinum Provancher, 1872


V
Vanessa tameameaKamehameha butterfly
Verde plant bugCreontiades signatus Distant, 1884


W
Water-hyacinth miridEccritotarsus catarinensis Carvalho, 1948
Western plant bugRhinacloa forticornis Reuter, 1876
Western plant bugLygus hesperus Knight, 1917
Western tarnished plant bugLygus hesperus Knight, 1917
White-marked fleahopperSpanagonicus albofasciatus Reuter, 1907
Whitemarked fleahopperSpanagonicus albofasciatus Reuter, 1907


Y
Yucca bugHalticotoma valida Townsend, 1892
Yucca plant bugHalticotoma valida Townsend, 1892


Links, sources and further information
Miridae at artfakta.se
Miridae at dyntaxa.se
Miridae at gbif.org
Miridae at irmng.org
Miridae at itis.gov