BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

MIRIDAE (plantbugs and grassbugs)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Miridae	Imago	6 August 2006	Stafford	England		12
Miridae	Imago	29 May 2004	West Gloucestershire	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Genus	Adelphocoris (a genus of plantbugs)	1
Species	Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) (Lucerne Plantbug)			3
Genus	Atractotomus (a genus of plantbugs)	2
Species	Atractotomus magnicornis (Fallen) (a plantbug)			1		1
Species	Atractotomus mirificus Woodroffe (a plantbug)					1
Genus	Calocoris (a genus of plant bugs)	4	14	27
Species	Campyloneura virgula (Herrich-Schaeffer) (a plantbug or grassbug)			3
Species	Capsus ater (Linnaeus) (a capsid bug)		2	2
Species	Compsidolon salicellus (Herrich-Schaeffer) (a plantbug)					5
Species	Cyllecoris histrionicus (Linnaeus) (Harlequin Bug)		2
Genus	Deraeocoris (a genus of plant bugs)	1
Species	Deraeocoris ruber (Linnaeus) (Red Bug)		6	8
Species	Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (DeGeer) (a plantbug or grassbug)		2
Species	Heterocordylus genistae Scopoli (a plantbug or grassbug)			3
Species	Hoplomachus thunbergi (Fallen) (a plantbug or grassbug)			3
Species	Hypseloecus visci (Puton) (a mistletoe bug)				1	1
Species	Leptopterna dolabrata (Linnaeus) (a plantbug or grassbug)			3		1
Species	Leptopterna ferrugata (Fallen) (a plantbug or grassbug)			2
Species	Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius) (a plantbug or grassbug)		2	3
Genus	Lygocoris (a genus of capsid bugs)	3	3	3
Genus	Lygus (a genus of plantbugs)	2
Species	Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus) (a plantbug or grassbug)					1
Species	Lygus rugulipennis Poppins (European Tarnished Plant Bug)			2
Genus	Orthops (a genus of plantbugs)	1
Species	Orthops viscicola (Puton) (a plantbug or grassbug)				1	2
Species	Pantilius tunicatus (Fabricius) (a plantbug or grassbug)		5	4
Genus	Phytocoris (a genus of plantbugs)	3		8	1
Species	Plesiodema pinetellum (Zetterstedt) (a plantbug or grassbug)					1
Genus	Psallus (a genus of plantbugs)	18	8		3	30
Species	Systellonotus triguttatus (Linnaeus) (a plantbug or grassbug)			3
Species	Tuponia carayoni Wagner (a plantbug or grassbug)				1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

General Works

MIRIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with MIRIDAE:

is taken to the nest of female

Lindenius albilabris - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Miridae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References