The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera; it includes over 10,000 known species, and new ones are being described constantly. Most widely known mirids are species that are notorious agricultural pests that pierce plant tissues, feed on the sap, and sometimes transmit viral plant diseases. Some species however, are predatory.
Adelphocoris is a genus of capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini. It is part of a genus group that now includes Creontiades, Megacoelum and Pseudomegacoelum.
Phylinae is a subfamily of the plant bug family Miridae. Species of this family are found worldwide.
Pilophorini is a tribe of plant bug. The type genus is Pilophorus. Schuh's analysis indicates that the Pilophorini originated in tropical Gondwanaland and subsequently spread into the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where they differentiated into the known genera.
Pilophorus is a genus of plant bug. It is the type genus for the Pilophorini tribe.
Tytthus is a genus of insects in family Miridae, the plant bugs. They are carnivorous, feeding upon the eggs of various planthoppers in the family Delphacidae, and thus are important in the biological control of pests. The genus is distributed throughout the Holarctic of the Northern Hemisphere, but species are also found in the tropics, in China, South America, Australia, and the Indo-Pacific.
Bryocorinae is a subfamily of bugs in the family Miridae.
Phylini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae, based on the type genus Phylus. There are at least 440 described species in Phylini.
Deraeocorinae is a subfamily of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 40 genera and around 500 described species in Deraeocorinae.
Cremnorrhinini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about 50 genera in Cremnorrhinini, all but five in the subtribe Cremnorrhinina.
Herdoniini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about eight genera and more than thirty described species in Herdoniini.
Tuxedo flavicollis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Tuxedo is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about seven described species in Tuxedo.
Hallodapini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 50 genera in Hallodapini.
Creontiades is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 50 described species in Creontiades.
Decomiini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about six genera in Decomiini.
Exaeretini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 20 genera in Exaeretini.
Nasocorini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 50 genera in Nasocorini.
Semiini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 30 genera in Semiini.
