Plagiognathus

Plagiognathus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 110 described species in Plagiognathus.[1][2]

Plagiognathus politus

Plagiognathus
Plagiognathus arbustorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Cimicomorpha
Superfamily:	Miroidea
Family:	Miridae
Subfamily:	Phylinae
Tribe:	Phylini
Genus:	Plagiognathus
Synonyms
Chaetophylidea Knight, 1968 Gerhardiella Reuter, 1909 Leptotylus Van Duzee, 1916 Microphylellus Wagner, 1952 Parapsallus Poppius, 1911

See also

• List of Plagiognathus species

References

1. "Plagiognathus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. "Plagiognathus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

• Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States, xix + 958.
• Schuh, Randall T. (2001). "Revision of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, with comments on the Palearctic fauna and the description of a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 266, 267.
• Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.

Further reading

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Plagiognathus
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.