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Phytocoris

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Phytocoris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Phytocoris
Fallén, 1814
Diversity
more than 700 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Callodemas Uhler, 1895
  • Compsocerocoris Reuter, 1875
  • Dionyza Distant, 1892
  • Ecertobia Reuter, 1909
  • Palacocoris Kirkaldy, 1906
  • Pallacocoris Reuter, 1876
  • Phytocorisa Laporte, 1832
Phytocoris antennalis, Kansas
Phytocoris breviusculus, Oklahoma
Phytocoris conspurcatus, Oklahoma
Phytocoris depictus, New York
Phytocoris dimidiatus
Phytocoris eximius, Oklahoma
Phytocoris intricatus, Finland
Phytocoris longipennis, Oklahoma
Phytocoris pini, Suomi / Finland
Phytocoris populi, Suomi / Finland
Phytocoris puella, Massachusetts
Phytocoris pulchricollis, New Mexico
Phytocoris ramosus, Arizona
Phytocoris roseipennis, Arizona
Phytocoris squamosus, New Mexico
Phytocoris tibialis, Virginia
Phytocoris vanduzeei, Texas
Phytocoris vau, California
Phytocoris venustus, Maryland

Phytocoris is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 700 described species in Phytocoris.

The members of this genus have long hind legs, with hind femora about twice the length of the mid and front femora and tibiae. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.[1][2][3][4]

Species

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These 737 species belong to the genus Phytocoris.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 "ITIS report, Phytocoris". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  2. "GBIF, Phytocoris". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  3. "BugGuide.net, Phytocoris genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  4. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Phytocoris Fallen, 1814". Retrieved 2025-10-24.