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.
Species
These 43 species belong to the genus Taylorilygus:
- Taylorilygus apicalis <small>(Fieber, 1861)</small> (worldwide)
- Taylorilygus arboreus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Sudan, Uganda)
- Taylorilygus aristogeiton <small>Linnavuori, 1974</small> (Nigeria)
- Taylorilygus atratus <small>(Poppius, 1910)</small> (Kilimanjaro)
- Taylorilygus caucanthus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus chagweensis <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus compactus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus complexus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus compositus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus cupressus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus definitus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus dispar <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus divergens <small>(Reuter, 1901)</small> (Israel, Syria)
- Taylorilygus entadae <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus figuratus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus ghesquierei <small>(Schouteden, 1937)</small> (Belgian Congo)
- Taylorilygus indecorus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Kenya)
- Taylorilygus infirmus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Sudan, Uganda)
- Taylorilygus lindbergi <small>Kerzhner & Schuh, 1998</small> (Cape Verde)
- Taylorilygus longicornis <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus maia <small>Linnavuori & van Harten, 2001</small> (Yemen)
- Taylorilygus morosus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Yemen)
- Taylorilygus nairobiensis <small>(Poppius, 1912)</small> (Africa)
- Taylorilygus nebulosus <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small> (Australia)
- Taylorilygus notatus <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Cape Verde, Sudan, Uganda)
- Taylorilygus nyanzae <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small> (Africa)
- Taylorilygus obscuratus <small>(Poppius, 1910)</small> (Kilimanjaro; Uganda)
- Taylorilygus obscuripes <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small> (Africa)
- Taylorilygus oceanicus <small>(Poppius, 1914)</small> (New Hebrides)
- Taylorilygus olivaceus <small>Linnavuori, 1973</small> (Zaire)
- Taylorilygus ornaticollis <small>(Reuter, 1908)</small> (Java; Taiwan)
- Taylorilygus pseudopunctatus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Ethiopia)
- Taylorilygus ricini <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus rubripes <small>Linnavuori & van Harten, 2001</small> (Somalia)
- Taylorilygus simonyi <small>(Reuter, 1903)</small> (Africa, southwest Asia)
- Taylorilygus spec <small>(Fieber, 1861) Fieber, 1861</small>
- Taylorilygus subdivergens <small>Linnavuori, 1974</small> (Yemen)
- Taylorilygus suturalis <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Sudan)
- Taylorilygus tessellatus <small>Linnavuori, 1975</small> (Sudan; Somalia)
- Taylorilygus thomasi <small>(Reuter, 1907)</small> (Africa)
- Taylorilygus vernoniae <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus virens <small>(T. Taylor, 1947)</small> (Uganda)
- Taylorilygus vosseleri <small>(Poppius, 1912)</small> (Africa)
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