Platycranus

Platycranus
Platycranus bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Subfamily:	Orthotylinae
Tribe:	Orthotylini
Genus:	Platycranus Fieber, 1870

Platycranus ^[1] is a genus of mostly European capsid bugs in the tribe Orthotylini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1858. The species P. bicolor has been recorded from the British Isles.

Species

According to BioLib the following are included: ^[2]

subgenus Genistocapsus Wagner, 1957

• Platycranus alkestis Linnavuori, 1999
• Platycranus bicolor (Douglas & Scott, 1868)
• Platycranus boreae Gogala, 2002
• Platycranus concii Tamanini, 1987
• Platycranus genistae Lindberg, 1948
• Platycranus jordii Günther, 2011
• Platycranus jurineae P.V. Putshkov, 1985
• Platycranus longicornis Wagner, 1955
• Platycranus metriorrhynchus Reuter, 1883
• Platycranus minutus Wagner, 1955
• Platycranus orientalis Linnavuori, 1965
• Platycranus pictus Wagner, 1963
• Platycranus remanei Wagner, 1955
• Platycranus rumelicus Simov, 2006
• Platycranus wagneri Carapezza, 1997

subgenus Platycranus Fieber, 1870

• Platycranus eckerleini Wagner, 1962
• Platycranus erberi Fieber, 1870 - type species
• Platycranus hartigi Wagner, 1951
• Platycranus jordanicus Linnavuori, 1984
• Platycranus lindbergi Wagner, 1954
• Platycranus putoni Reuter, 1879

References

1. Fieber FX (1870) Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 20, Abh 252.
2. BioLib.cz: genus Platycranus Fieber, 1870 (retrieved 5 April 2022)

External links

• Images of P. bicolor at BritishBugs.org
• Data related to Platycranus at Wikispecies