Publications
Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: Plant Bugs
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Menard, K.L. and R.T. Schuh. 2011. Revision of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, key to genera, description of the Australian fauna, and descriptions of new Indo-Pacific genera and species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 361: 159 pp.

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Cassis, G. and M.A. Wall. 2011. Systematics and phylogeny of the hatchet head plant bug genus Myrmecoroides Gross (Insecta: Heteroptera). Entomologica Americana 116: 29-49.

Nepalese Phylini

Duwal, R.K., T. Yasunaga, and Seunghwan Lee. 2010. Revision of the plant bug tribe Phylini from Nepal (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Entomologica Americana 116: 1-48.

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Menard, K.L. 2010. Description of Schuhistes n. gen. (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), a new plant bug genus found on endemic Lycium spp. (Solanaceae) from South Africa. Entomologica American 116: 49-57.

Wallabicoris

Schuh, R.T. and P. Pedraza. 2010. Wallabicoris, new genus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini) from Australia, with the description of 37 new species and an analysis of host associations. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 338: 117 pp.

Myrtaceae-feeding Phylinae(Melaleucoides)

Schuh, R.T. and C. Weirauch. 2010. Myrtaceae-feeding Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Australia: Description and analysis of phylogenetic and host relationships for a monophyletic assemblage of three new genera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 344: 95 pp.

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Schuh, R.T., S. Hewson-Smith, and J.S. Ascher. 2010. Specimen databases: A case study in entomology using web-based software. American Entomologist 56: 206-216.

Coridromius

Tatarnic, N. and G. Cassis. 2010. Sexual coevolution in the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1321-1326.

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Wyniger, D. 2010. Resurrection of the Pronotocrepini Knight, with revisions of the Nearctic genera Orectoderus Uhler, Pronotocrepis Knight, and Teleorhinus Uhler, and comments on the Palearctic Ethelastia (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3703: 67 pp.

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Yasunaga, T. 2010. Plant bugs of the tribe Phylini in Thailand (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), with descriptions of six new species from additional areas in tropical and subtropical Asia. Entomologica Americana 116: 50-92.

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Forero, D. 2009. Description of one new species of Chileria and three new species of Orthotylus, with nomenclatural and distributional notes on Neotropical Orthotylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylini). American Museum Novitates 3642: 50 pp.

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Forero, D. 2009. Revision of the genus Carvalhomiris (Hemiptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Entomologica Americana 115: 2009.

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Forero, D. and M.D. Schwartz. 2009. Description of a new species of Aoplonema (Hemiptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) with a biogeographic analysis and reassessment of the phylogeny of the genus. Entomologica Americana 115: 67-76.

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Namyatova, A.A. and F.V. Konstantinov. 2009. Revision of the genus Orthocephalus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Zootaxa 2316: 1-118.

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Schuh, R.T. 2009. Moiseevichia pericarti, new species from South Africa (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Nouvelle Revue Entomologique (N.S.) 25: 267-272.

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Schuh, R.T. and G. Wu. 2009. Revision of Eminoculus Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from South Africa, with the description of five new species. Entomologica Americana, 115: 36--66.

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Soto, D. and C. Weirauch. 2009. Description of the Australian plant bug genus Jiwarli, n. gen. (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3653: 14 pp.

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Tatarnic, N. 2009. Dampierella and Goodeniaphila: two new genera and three new species of Halticini from Australia, with a species key to the Halticini of Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Zootaxa 2105: 43-60.

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Weirauch, C. 2009. Two new genera of Phylini, Roburocoris and Viscacoris, from Mexico and the southwestern United States (Heteroptera: Miriae: Phylinae). Entomologica Americana 115: 1-35.

Lattinova complex

Cassis, G. 2008. The Lattinova complex of austromirine plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washington 110: 845-939.

Beckocoris

Schuh, R.T. 2008. Beckocoris Knight, Nevadocoris Knight, and Lattinophylus artemisii, new genus and new species, Asteraceae feeding Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae) from the interior of western North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 110: 1068--1110.

Origonema splendida

Forero, D., 2008. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Hadronema group (Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini) with descriptions of new genera and new species, and comments on the neotropical genus Tupimiris, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 312, p.1--172.

Solenoxyphus

Konstantinov, F., 2008. Review of Solenoxyphus Reuter, 1875 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), American Museum Novitates, 3607, p.1--42.

Plant Bug

Konstantinov, F., 2008. Review of the genus Camptotylus Fieber, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae) with description of two new species, American Museum Novitates, 3606, p.1--23.

Jornandes

Schaffner, J. & Schwartz, M. D., 2008. Revision of the Mexican Genera Ficinus Distant and Jornandes Distant with the description of 21 new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 309, p.1--87.

Nesidiorchestes

Schwartz, M. D. & Tatarnic, N., 2008. Nesidiorchestes hawaiiensis Kirkaldy: new tribal assignment and lectotype designation (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini), Zootaxa, 1677, p.57--68.

Compositocoris

Schwartz, M. D., Schuh, R. & Tatarnic, N., 2008. A new genus and species of Halticini from South Africa (Hemiptera: Miridae), African Entomology, 16(1), p.23--32.

Polyozus

Weirauch, C., 2007. Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Polyozus Group of Australian Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates, 3590, p.1--60.

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Cassis, G., Wall, M. & Schuh, R., 2006. Insect Biodiversity and Industrialising the Taxonimic Process: The Plant Bug Case Study (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae), Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa, CRC Press, p.193--212.

Rubeospineus

Weirauch, C., 2006. New genera and species of oak-associated Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Western North America., American Museum Novitates, 3522, p.1--54.

Insulaphylus

Weirauch, C., 2006. New genera, new species and new combinations in Western Nearctic Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) America. American Museum Novitates, 3521, p.1--41.

Mimocoris rugicollis

Wyniger, D. 2006. The Central European Hallodapini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Russian Entomological Journal 15: 233-238.

Omphalonotus quadriguttatus

Wyniger, D. 2006. The Central European Hallodapini: Studies of the female genitalia (Heteroptera, Phylinae, Miridae). Denisia 19: 711-720.

Psallus asthenicus

Wyniger, D. & Kment, P. 2006. Faunistics Records from the Czech Republic - 211. Heteroptera: Miridae. Psallus (Psallus) asthenicus Seidenstücker, 1966. Klapalekiana 42: 332.

Plesiodema

Michael D. Schwartz, 2006. Review of Plesiodema Reuter and a description of a new genus to accommodate Psallus sericeus Heidemann (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Russian Entomology Journal, 15(2): p.103--112.

Moiseevichia leyserae

Schuh, R. T., 2006. Moiseevichia leyserae, a new genus and new species of Asteraceae-feeding plant bugs from South Africa (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)., Russian Entomology Journal, 15(2): 205pp.

Dilatops

Weirauch, C., 2006. New genus and species of fig-inhabiting Leucophoropterini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Australia. Russian Entomology Journal, 15(2): p.227--232.

Male Phymatopsallus acaciae

Randall T. Schuh, 2006. Revision, phylogenetic, biogeographic, and host analysis of the endemic western North American Phymatopsallus group, with the description of 9 new genera and 15 new species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae), American Museum Novitates, 301: p.1--115.

Compsidolon hiemale

F. Konstantinov, 2006, Two new species of Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Middle Asia and Caucasus with notes on Compsidolon pumilum (Jakovlev 1876), Denisia, vol. 19, p. 493--502.

Pappus sordidus

Henry, T. J., 2006, Resurrection of the plant bug genus Pappus Distant, with clarification of included species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:Miridae), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 108(4), p.822--829.

Izyacapsus rubrocuneatus

Henry, T. J., 2006, Izycapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae), a new ceratocapsine plant bug genus established to accommodate two new species from Mexico, Russian Entomology Journal, vol. 15, p. 163--170.

Orthotylus kassandra

Polhemus, D. A., 2004, Further studies on the genus Orthotylus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of thirty-four new species, Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(4): 227-333.

Coridromius shown here on its host plant

Nikolai J. Tatarnic, Gerasimos Cassis and Dieter F. Hochuli. 2005. Traumatic insemination in the plant bug genus Coridromius Signoret (Heteroptera: Miridae). Biology Letters, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0394.

chlamydatus_californicus

Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 2005. Review of North American Chlamydatus Curtis species, with new synonymy and the description of two new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3471: 55 pp.

strophopoda_aprica

Schwartz, M. D. 2005. Redescription of Strophopoda aprica Van Duzee and the description of two new genera and five new species from southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates, 3489: p 1--23.

phoenicocoris_obscurellus

Schwartz, M. D. and G. M. Stonedahl. 2005. Revision of Phoenicocoris Reuter with descriptions of three new species from North America and a new genus from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3464: 55 pp.

Melymacra

Michael D. Schwartz. 2004. Melymacra, a new plant bug genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) inhabiting manzanita, Arctostaphylos Adanson (Ericaceae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80(1-4): 29-41.

Schuh, R. T.  2004.  Revision of Tuxedo Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae).  American Museum Novitates  3435: 26 pp.

Schuh, R. T. 2004. Revision of Tuxedo Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates 3435: 26 pp.

Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz.  2004.  New genera, new species, new synonyms, and new combinations in North America and Caribbean Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae).  American Museum Novitates  3436: 36 pp.

Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 2004. New genera, new species, new synonyms, and new combinations in North America and Caribbean Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates 3436: 36 pp.

europiella_lattini

Schuh, R. T. 2004. Revision of Europiella in North America, with the description of a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3463: 58 pp.

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