Phytocoris Fallén, 1814
(a genus of plantbugs)

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Phytocoris varipes
a plantbug or grassbug
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 		Species 4 images
Phytocoris dimidiatus
a plantbug or grassbug
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 		Species 2 images
Phytocoris reuteri
a plantbug or grassbug
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 		Species 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhytocoris (a genus of plantbugs)
TribeMirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Foster, S. 1983 *** A draft key to the British Phytocoris sensu stricto ***(Superseded) Het News 1.

Phytocoris (a genus of plantbugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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