Mirinae

Fine-streaked bugkin Miris striatus, copyright Aleksandrs Balodis.

Belongs within: Miridae.
Contains: Lygus.

The Mirinae are a group of relatively large mirid bugs usually characterised by clearly visible, lamellate, apically divergent parempodia, and pulvilli present and attached to the ventral surface of claws (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Mirinae
    |  i. s.: Lygus WEE70
    |--Hyalopeplus ZS10 [Hyalopeplini CGW91]
    |--Stenodemini CGW91
    |    |--Megaloceroea WEE70
    |    `--Trigonotylus WEE70
    |         |--T. doddi CGW91
    |         `--T. ruficornis H01
    `--Mirini CGW91
         |--Austrocapsus CGW91
         |--Pseudopantilius australis CGW91, G75
         |--Niastama CGW91
         |--Sidnia kinbergi CGW91
         |--Creontiades dilutus [incl. Megacoelum modestum] CGW91
         |--Calocoris CGW91
         |    |--C. norvegicus CGW91
         |    `--C. striatellus A99
         `--Miris H01
              |--M. calcaratus H01
              |--M. campestris L02
              |--M. spissicornis L02
              |--M. striatus G20
              |--M. vagans G20 [=Nabis vagans L02]
              `--M. virens [incl. M. virens var. testaceus] H01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A99] Ax, P. 1999. Das System der Metazoa II. Ein Lehrbuch der phylogenetischen Systematik. Gustav Fisher Verlag: Stuttgart (translated: 2000. Multicellular Animals: The phylogenetic system of the Metazoa vol. 2. Springer).

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.