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Phylus melanocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Subfamily:	Phylinae
Tribe:	Phylini
Genus:	Phylus
Species:	P. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Phylus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Cimex melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1767 Phylus palliceps Fieber, 1861

Phylus melanocephalus is a European species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae. It is a slender bug 4.5–6 millimetres (0.18–0.24 in) long and feeds on oak trees. Its colour ranges from orange to greenish-brown and its head may be pale or dark.

"Phylus palliceps"

Paler specimens of P. melanocephalus were long referred to as separate species Phylus palliceps, distinguished in particular by having a pale head, P. melanocephalus being restricted to insects with a dark head. Pagola-Carte et al. (2005) found no morphological or habitat differences between specimens referred to the two supposed species, and a continuous gradation of colour, and concluded the two should be synonymised.

References

1. Carolus a Linné (1767). Systema Naturae. Vol. I(II). Holmia. p. 728.
2. "Phylus melanocephalus". British Bugs. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
3. ^ S. Pagola-Carte; I. Zabalegui; J. Ribes (2005). "Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) del Parque Natural de Aiako Harria (Gipuzkoa, País Vasco, norte de la Península Ibérica)" [Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Aiako Harria Nature Reserve (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, northern Iberian Peninsula)] (PDF). Heteropterus Revista de Entomología (in Spanish). 5. p. 46. eISSN 1579-0681.
4. "Phylus palliceps". British Bugs. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
5. John William Douglas; John Scott (1865). The British Hemiptera. Vol. 1. p. 355.

• Phylini
• Hemiptera of Europe
• Insects described in 1767
• Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus