Platycranus

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Platycranus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
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.

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Species

According to BioLib the following are included: [2]

subgenus Genistocapsus Wagner, 1957
  1. Platycranus alkestis Linnavuori, 1999
  2. Platycranus bicolor (Douglas & Scott, 1868)
  3. Platycranus boreae Gogala, 2002
  4. Platycranus concii Tamanini, 1987
  5. Platycranus genistae Lindberg, 1948
  6. Platycranus jordii Günther, 2011
  7. Platycranus jurineae P.V. Putshkov, 1985
  8. Platycranus longicornis Wagner, 1955
  9. Platycranus metriorrhynchus Reuter, 1883
  10. Platycranus minutus Wagner, 1955
  11. Platycranus orientalis Linnavuori, 1965
  12. Platycranus pictus Wagner, 1963
  13. Platycranus remanei Wagner, 1955
  14. Platycranus rumelicus Simov, 2006
  15. Platycranus wagneri Carapezza, 1997
subgenus Platycranus Fieber, 1870
  1. Platycranus eckerleini Wagner, 1962
  2. Platycranus erberi Fieber, 1870 - type species
  3. Platycranus hartigi Wagner, 1951
  4. Platycranus jordanicus Linnavuori, 1984
  5. Platycranus lindbergi Wagner, 1954
  6. Platycranus putoni Reuter, 1879

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References

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