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 ⁱDicyphus albonasutus Wagner, 1951^{c g}Dicyphus alkannae Seidenstucker, 1956^{c g}Dicyphus alluaudi Vidal, 1952^{c g}Dicyphus annulatus ^{c g}Dicyphus azadicus Linnavuori and Hosseini, 1999^{c g}Dicyphus baezi Ribes, 1983^{c g}Dicyphus bolivari Lindberg, 1934^{c g}Dicyphus botrydis Rieger, 2002^{c g}Dicyphus brachypterus Knight, 1943ⁱDicyphus californicus ⁱDicyphus cerastii Wagner, 1951^{c g}Dicyphus cerutti Wagner, 1946^{c g}Dicyphus confusus Kelton, 1980ⁱDicyphus constrictus ^{c g}Dicyphus crudus Van Duzee, 1916ⁱDicyphus deylamanus Linnavuori and Hosseini, 1999^{c g}Dicyphus digitalidis Josifov, 1958^{c g}Dicyphus diplaci Knight, 1968ⁱDicyphus discrepans Knight, 1923^{i c g b}Dicyphus eckerleini Wagner, 1963^{c g}Dicyphus elongatus Van Duzee, 1917ⁱDicyphus epilobii Reuter, 1883^{c g}Dicyphus errans ^{c g}Dicyphus escalerae Lindberg, 1934^{c g}Dicyphus famelicus ^{i c g b}Dicyphus fieberi Stichel, 1938^{c g}Dicyphus flavoviridis Tamanini, 1949^{c g}Dicyphus furcifer Muminov, 1978^{c g}Dicyphus geniculatus ^{c g}Dicyphus globulifer ^{c g}Dicyphus gracilentus Parshley, 1923^{i c g}Dicyphus gracilis ^cDicyphus heissi Ribes and Baena, 2006^{c g}Dicyphus hesperus Knight, 1943^{i c g b}Dicyphus hyalinipennis ^{c g}Dicyphus incognitus Neimorovets, 2006^{c g}Dicyphus josifovi Rieger, 1995^{c g}Dicyphus lindbergi Wagner, 1951^{c g}Dicyphus linnavuorii Wagner, 1967^{c g}Dicyphus maroccanus Wagner, 1951^{c g}Dicyphus martinoi Josifov, 1958^{c g}Dicyphus matocqi Ribes and Baena, 2006^{c g}Dicyphus melanocerus Reuter, 1901^{c g}Dicyphus miyamotoi Yasunaga^gDicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888^{c g}Dicyphus nigrifrons Reuter, 1906^{c g}Dicyphus orientalis Reuter, 1879^{c g}Dicyphus paddocki Knight, 1968^{i c g}Dicyphus pallicornis ^{i c g}Dicyphus pallidus ^{i c g}Dicyphus parkheoni Lee and Kerzhner, 1995^{c g}Dicyphus pauxillus Muminov, 1978^{c g}Dicyphus peruanus Carvalho and Melendez, 1986^{c g}Dicyphus phaceliae Knight, 1968ⁱDicyphus poneli Matocq and Ribes, 2004^{c g}Dicyphus regulus ^{c g}Dicyphus rhododendri Dolling, 1972ⁱDicyphus ribesi Knight, 1968ⁱDicyphus rivalis Knight, 1943ⁱDicyphus rubi Knight, 1968ⁱDicyphus rubicundus Blöte, 1929^{c g}Dicyphus rubusensis Penalver and Baena, 2000^{c g}Dicyphus rufescens Van Duzee, 1917ⁱDicyphus sedilloti Puton, 1886^{c g}Dicyphus seleucus Seidenstucker, 1969^{c g}Dicyphus sengge Hutchinson, 1934^{c g}Dicyphus similis Kelton, 1980ⁱDicyphus stachydis J. Sahlberg, 1878^{c g}Dicyphus stitti Knight, 1968^{i c g}Dicyphus tamaninii Wagner, 1951^{c g}Dicyphus testaceus Reuter, 1879^{c g}Dicyphus thoracicus Reuter, 1879^{c g}Dicyphus tibialis Kelton, 1980ⁱDicyphus tinctus Knight, 1943ⁱDicyphus tumidifrons Ribes, 1997^{c g}Dicyphus umbertae Sanchez & Cassis, 2006^gDicyphus usingeri Knight, 1943ⁱDicyphus vestitus Uhler, 1895^{i c g}
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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.