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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.
Macrotylus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 60 described species in Macrotylus.
Phylinae is a subfamily of the plant bug family Miridae. Species of this family are found worldwide.
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.
Orthotylini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 230 described genera in Orthotylini.
Orthotylinae is a subfamily of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 650 described species and at least 70 genera in Orthotylinae. The Orthotylinae have traditionally been diagnosed by their possession of lamellate, apically divergent parempodia.
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.
Dichrooscytus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 70 described species in Dichrooscytus.
Lopidea is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 90 described species in Lopidea.
Dicyphus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 70 described species in Dicyphus.
Nasocorini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 50 genera in Nasocorini.
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- ↑ "Orthotylinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ↑ "Orthotylinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.