Taylorilygus
| Taylorilygus | |
|---|---|
| Taylorilygus apicalis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hemiptera | 
| Suborder: | Heteroptera | 
| Family: | Miridae | 
| Tribe: | Mirini | 
| Genus: | 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
- ^ "ITIS report, Taylorilygus". Retrieved 2024-11-28.
 - ^ "GBIF, Taylorilygus". Retrieved 2024-11-28.
 - ^ a b "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