Dicyphus

Dicyphus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 70 described species in Dicyphus.

Species

These 79 species belong to the genus Dicyphus:

• Dicyphus agilis <small>(Uhler, 1877)</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus albonasutus <small>Wagner, 1951</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus alkannae <small>Seidenstucker, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus alluaudi <small>Vidal, 1952</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus annulatus <small>(Wolff, 1804)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus azadicus <small>Linnavuori and Hosseini, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus baezi <small>Ribes, 1983</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus bolivari <small>Lindberg, 1934</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus botrydis <small>Rieger, 2002</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus brachypterus <small>Knight, 1943</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus californicus <small>(StÃ¥l, 1859)</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus cerastii <small>Wagner, 1951</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus cerutti <small>Wagner, 1946</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus confusus <small>Kelton, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus constrictus <small>(Boheman, 1852)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus crudus <small>Van Duzee, 1916</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus deylamanus <small>Linnavuori and Hosseini, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus digitalidis <small>Josifov, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus diplaci <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus discrepans <small>Knight, 1923</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Dicyphus eckerleini <small>Wagner, 1963</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus elongatus <small>Van Duzee, 1917</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus epilobii <small>Reuter, 1883</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus errans <small>(Wolff, 1804)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus escalerae <small>Lindberg, 1934</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus famelicus <small>(Uhler, 1878)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Dicyphus fieberi <small>Stichel, 1938</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus flavoviridis <small>Tamanini, 1949</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus furcifer <small>Muminov, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus geniculatus <small>(Fieber, 1858)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus globulifer <small>(Fallen, 1829)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus gracilentus <small>Parshley, 1923</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dicyphus gracilis <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Dicyphus heissi <small>Ribes and Baena, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus hesperus <small>Knight, 1943</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Dicyphus hyalinipennis <small>(Burmeister, 1835)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus incognitus <small>Neimorovets, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus josifovi <small>Rieger, 1995</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus lindbergi <small>Wagner, 1951</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus linnavuorii <small>Wagner, 1967</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus maroccanus <small>Wagner, 1951</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus martinoi <small>Josifov, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus matocqi <small>Ribes and Baena, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus melanocerus <small>Reuter, 1901</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus miyamotoi <small>Yasunaga</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Dicyphus montandoni <small>Reuter, 1888</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus nigrifrons <small>Reuter, 1906</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus orientalis <small>Reuter, 1879</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus paddocki <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dicyphus pallicornis <small>(Fieber, 1861)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dicyphus pallidus <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dicyphus parkheoni <small>Lee and Kerzhner, 1995</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus pauxillus <small>Muminov, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus peruanus <small>Carvalho and Melendez, 1986</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus phaceliae <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus poneli <small>Matocq and Ribes, 2004</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus regulus <small>(Distant, 1909)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus rhododendri <small>Dolling, 1972</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus ribesi <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus rivalis <small>Knight, 1943</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus rubi <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus rubicundus <small>Blöte, 1929</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus rubusensis <small>Penalver and Baena, 2000</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus rufescens <small>Van Duzee, 1917</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus sedilloti <small>Puton, 1886</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus seleucus <small>Seidenstucker, 1969</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus sengge <small>Hutchinson, 1934</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus similis <small>Kelton, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus stachydis <small>J. Sahlberg, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus stitti <small>Knight, 1968</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dicyphus tamaninii <small>Wagner, 1951</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus testaceus <small>Reuter, 1879</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus thoracicus <small>Reuter, 1879</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus tibialis <small>Kelton, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus tinctus <small>Knight, 1943</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus tumidifrons <small>Ribes, 1997</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Dicyphus umbertae <small>Sanchez & Cassis, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Dicyphus usingeri <small>Knight, 1943</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Dicyphus vestitus <small>Uhler, 1895</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

Role in ecosystems

Majority of mirid bugs species are phytophagous. Some, like D. hesperus, D. hyalinipennis, D. tamanini, by feeding on other insects, display predatory behaviour and are considered beneficial for biological control of crop pests.

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