Taylorilygus

Taylorilygus
Taylorilygus apicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Tribe:	Mirini
Genus:	Taylorilygus Leston, 1952

Taylorilygus is a genus of jumping tree bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 40 described species in Taylorilygus.

Taylorilygus apicalis, the broken-backed bug, is found on every continent except Antarctica, and is common in North America. Most of the other species are found in Africa; a few in Asia, Europe, or Australia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Taylorilygus: ^[3]

• Taylorilygus apicalis (Fieber, 1861) (worldwide)
• Taylorilygus arboreus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Sudan, Uganda)
• Taylorilygus aristogeiton Linnavuori, 1974 (Nigeria)
• Taylorilygus atratus (Poppius, 1910) (Kilimanjaro)
• Taylorilygus caucanthus Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus chagweensis (Poppius, 1914) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus compactus Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus complexus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus compositus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus cupressus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus definitus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus dispar Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus divergens (Reuter, 1901) (Israel, Syria)
• Taylorilygus entadae (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus figuratus Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus ghesquierei (Schouteden, 1937) (Belgian Congo)
• Taylorilygus indecorus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Kenya)
• Taylorilygus infirmus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Sudan, Uganda)
• Taylorilygus lindbergi Kerzhner & Schuh, 1998 (Cape Verde)
• Taylorilygus longicornis Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus maia Linnavuori & van Harten, 2001 (Yemen)
• Taylorilygus morosus Linnavuori, 1975 (Yemen)
• Taylorilygus nairobiensis (Poppius, 1912) (Africa)
• Taylorilygus nebulosus (Poppius, 1914) (Australia)
• Taylorilygus notatus (T. Taylor, 1947) (Cape Verde, Sudan, Uganda)
• Taylorilygus nyanzae (Poppius, 1914) (Africa)
• Taylorilygus obscuratus (Poppius, 1910) (Kilimanjaro; Uganda)
• Taylorilygus obscuripes (Poppius, 1914) (Africa)
• Taylorilygus oceanicus (Poppius, 1914) (New Hebrides)
• Taylorilygus olivaceus Linnavuori, 1973 (Zaire)
• Taylorilygus ornaticollis (Reuter, 1908) (Java; Taiwan)
• Taylorilygus pseudopunctatus Linnavuori, 1975 (Ethiopia)
• Taylorilygus ricini (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus rubripes Linnavuori & van Harten, 2001 (Somalia)
• Taylorilygus simonyi (Reuter, 1903) (Africa, southwest Asia)
• Taylorilygus spec (Fieber, 1861) Fieber, 1861
• Taylorilygus subdivergens Linnavuori, 1974 (Yemen)
• Taylorilygus suturalis Linnavuori, 1975 (Sudan)
• Taylorilygus tessellatus Linnavuori, 1975 (Sudan; Somalia)
• Taylorilygus thomasi (Reuter, 1907) (Africa)
• Taylorilygus vernoniae (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus virens (T. Taylor, 1947) (Uganda)
• Taylorilygus vosseleri (Poppius, 1912) (Africa)

References

1. "ITIS report, Taylorilygus" . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
2. "GBIF, Taylorilygus" . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Taylorilygus Leston, 1952" . Retrieved 2024-11-28.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Taylorilygus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Taylorilygus at Wikimedia Commons