Psallus guttulosus Reuter, 1876b: 89

SCHUH, RANDALL T., 2001, Revision Of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, With Comments On The Palearctic Fauna And The Description Of A New Genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (266), pp. 1-267 : 255

Psallus guttulosus Reuter, 1876b: 89 (n. sp.).

This taxon was originally described by Reuter (1876b), apparently on the basis of a single specimen from Texas. It was placed in Plagiognathus by Knight (1941) because it possesses a single type of pubescence, as he put it. Examination of the male genitalia of many specimens identified as guttulosus and fitting Reuter’s description of this species indicates that the taxon is neither a member of Psallus nor Plagiognathus . Its final placement will have to await additional revisionary work on the North American Phylinae .