Table 3.

Main features of mouthparts of Miridae. * Characters in parentheses were summarized from figures in Cobben 1978 [7].

Species Name	Labrum	Labium	The Number of Basiconica Sensilla of Labium tip	The Number of Sensilla Type	Apical Plate	The Number of Barbs on the Right Maxillary Stylet Tips	Squamous Texture on Mandibular Stylet	The Number of Teech on the Distal Mandibular Stylet	References
Lygus lineolari	unreported	unreported	11 pairs	unreported	√	unreported	unreported	unreported	Hatfield and Frazier 1980 [24]; Avé et al. 1978 [23]
Lygus pabulinus	tapers to a point, the base being broader	4-segment	unreported	unreported	√	(right stylet being more roughly armoured than the left one)	√	7–9 recurved hooks	Cobben 1978 [7] * Awati 1914 [28]
Lygus rugulipennis	unreported	4-segment	11-12 pairs	unreported	√	unreported	unreported	(cuticular teeth)	Romani et al. 2005 [25]
Isometopus intrusus	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	√	(recurved barbs)	√	(lateral notches)	Cobben 1978 [7] *
Dicyphus hesperus	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	(Serrations on the lateral margins)	Roitberg et al. 2005 [27]
Deraeocoris oliveceus	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	√	(two rows strongly teeth)	√	(lateral notches)	Cobben 1978 [7] *
Cheilocapsus nigrescens	elongated conical	4-segment	11 pairs	10	√	no	√	about 6–8 obscure lateral notches	This study
Deraeocoris nebulosus	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	two rows of at least six recurved barbs	unreported	unreported	Boyd et al. 2002 [11]
Deraeocoris nigritulus	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	unreported	two rows of at least seven strongly recurved teeth	unreported	unreported	Boyd 2003 [10]