Genus Orthotylus Fieber, 1858

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• Orthotylus Fieber, F.X. 1858. Criterien zur generischen Theilung der Phytocoriden (Capsini aut.). Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 2: 289-327 [315].

  Type species:

   Cimex nassatus Fabricius, 1787 (sensu Fieber, 1858) by subsequent designation, see Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. List of the genera of the pagiopodous Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with their type species, from 1758 to 1904 (and also of the aquatic and semi-aquatic Trochalopoda). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32: 117-156a, 156b [127].
• Tichorhinus Fieber, F.X. 1858. Criterien zur generischen Theilung der Phytocoriden (Capsini aut.). Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 2: 289-327 [314] [junior homonym of Tichorhinus Brandt, 1849 (Mammalia)].

  Type species:

   Lygaeus ericetorum Fallén, 1807 by monotypy.
• Litocoris Fieber, F.X. 1861. Die europäischen Hemiptera: Halbflügler (Rhynchota Heteroptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien : C. Gerold vi 1-112 pp. [Date published 1861: dated 1860] [70] [nom. nov. for Tichorrhinus Fieber, 1858].

  Type species:

   Lygaeus ericetorum Fallén, 1807 by monotypy.
• Litosoma Douglas, J.W. & Scott, J. 1865. The British Hemiptera. Vol. I. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. London : Robert Hardwicke xii 627 pp. 21 pls. [334].

  Type species:

   Cimex nassatus Fabricius, 1787 (sensu Douglas & Scott, 1865) by subsequent designation, see Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 2: xiv 1-902 [391].
• Diommatus Uhler, P.R. 1887. Observations on some Capsidae with descriptions of a few new species. Entomologica Americana 3: 29-35 [32].

  Type species:

   Diommatus congrex Uhler, 1887 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Reuter, O.M. 1883. Hemiptera Gymnocerata Europae. Hémiptères Gymnocèrates d'Europe, du bassin de la Méditerranée et de l'Asie Russe. III. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 13(3): 313-496 [342] (synonymy of Tichorhinus and Litosoma)
• Reuter, O.M. 1909. Bemerkungen über nearktische Capsiden nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 36(2): 1-86 [67] (synonymy of Diommatus)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1952. On the major classification of the Miridae (Hemiptera). (With keys to subfamilies and tribes and a catalogue of the world genera). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 24: 31-110 [80] (synonymy of Chlorosomella)

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