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