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.
Litomiris is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least three described species in Litomiris.
Hyaliodes harti is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Macrotylus vanduzeei is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Lidopus heidemanni is a species of jumping tree bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Lidopus is a genus of jumping tree bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least two described species in Lidopus.
Isometopinae is a subfamily of jumping tree bugs in the family Miridae and are the only members of the Miridae to possess ocelli. The subfamily is split into five tribes. There are 42 genera and approximately 239 described species in Isometopinae.
Blepharidopterus angulatus, the black-kneed capsid, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North Africa, Europe East across the Palearctic to Central Asia and in North America.
Psallus falleni is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe including the north Mediterranean basin then east across the Palearctic to Siberia and China. It occurs as an adventive species in North America. Psallus falleni lives on birches. The imagines occur relatively late from July to September
Psallus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 170 described species in Psallus.
Pithanus maerkelii is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe, but occurs in the Mediterranean basin only on the western northern edge. To the east spreads across the Palearctic to European Russia and Ukraine. It is an adventive species in North America.
Lygus punctatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae.
Macrolophus pygmaeus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe except the high north, south to north Africa and east to Asia Minor then to Central Asia.
Camptozygum aequale is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. C. aequale is associated with Pinus sylvestris.
Pinalitus rubricatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in the Palearctic and North America.
Megalocoleus molliculus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe and east through the Palearctic to Siberia. It also occurs in North America.
Atractotomus magnicornis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe and North America.
Plagiognathus chrysanthemi, the trefoil plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found across the entire Palearctic and in North America as an adventive.
Orthocephalus saltator is a Palearctic species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe as far as the Caspian Sea and Siberia and to the south North Africa. O. saltator feeds on Asteraceae especially Hieracium pilosella and Poaceae
