Pilophorus (bug)

Pilophorus
Pilophorus perplexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Tribe:	Pilophorini
Genus:	Pilophorus Hahn, 1826

Pilophorus is a genus of plant bug. It is the type genus for the Pilophorini tribe. ^[1]

Species

• Pilophorus americanus Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus amoenus Uhler, 1887
• Pilophorus balli Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus barbiger Yasunaga & Schuh, 2013 ^[2]
• Pilophorus brunneus Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus buenoi Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus cembroides Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus chiricahuae Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus clavatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Pilophorus clavicornis Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus concolor Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus confusus Kirschbaum, 1856
• Pilophorus crassipes Heidemann, 1892
• Pilophorus diffusus Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus discretus Van Duzee, 1918
• Pilophorus dislocatus Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus exiguus Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus explanatus Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus floridanus Knight, 1973
• Pilophorus furvus Knight, 1923
• Pilophorus fuscipennis Knight, 1926
• Pilophorus geminus Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus giraffoides Yasunaga & Schuh, 2013 ^[2]
• Pilophorus gracilis Uhler, 1895
• Pilophorus heidemanni Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus henryi Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus juniperi Knight, 1923
• Pilophorus laetus Heidemann, 1892
• Pilophorus longisetosus Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus minutus Knight, 1973
• Pilophorus nasicus Knight, 1926
• Pilophorus neoclavatus Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus nevadensis Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus perplexus Douglas & Scott, 1988
• Pilophorus piceicola Knight, 1926
• Pilophorus portentosus Yasunaga & Schuh, 2013 ^[2]
• Pilophorus salicis Knight, 1968
• Pilophorus schaffneri Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus schwartzi Reuter, 1909
• Pilophorus setiger Knight, 1941
• Pilophorus stonedahli Schuh & Schwartz, 1988
• Pilophorus strobicola Knight, 1926
• Pilophorus taxodii Knight, 1941
• Pilophorus tibialis Van Duzee, 1918
• Pilophorus tomentosus Van Duzee, 1918
• Pilophorus uhleri Knight, 1923
• Pilophorus vicarius Poppius, 1914
• Pilophorus walshii Uhler, 1887

Notes

1. Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Family Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 280–284. ISBN   978-90-71912-19-1.
2. Yasunaga, Tomohide & Schuh, Randall T. (2013). Morphologically novel members of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn found in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini) (PDF). American Museum Novitates, No. 3768. New York: American Museum of Natural History.

References

• Encyclopedia of Life entry
• Yasunaga, Tomohide (2001). "Genus Pilophorus Hahn, 1826". In Yasunaga, Tomohide; Takai, Mikio; Kawasawa, Tetsuo (eds.). A Field Guide to Japanese Bugs II: Terrestrial Heteropterians. Tokyo. Japan: Zenkoku Noson Kyoiku Kyokai. pp. 148–151. ISBN   978-4-88137-089-6.