title: A taxonomic revision of the genus Platycranus Fieber, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae).
abstract: The Mediterranean orthotyline genus Platycranus is revised. Updated diagnoses and descriptions, data on distribution and hosts are provided for the genus and included species, and a key is presented to facilitate identification of species. Pictures of the dorsal habitus, scanning electron micrographs, and figures of genital structures are given. The following new synonymies are established: P. putoni Reuter, 1879 = P. eckerleini Wagner, 1962 = P. jordanicus Linnavuori, 1984; P. metriorrhynchus Reuter 1883 = P. longicornis Wagner, 1955 = P. rumelicus Simov, 2006; P. remanei Wagner, 1955 = P. minutus Wagner, 1955 = P. orientalis Linnavuori, 1965 = P. jurineae Putshkov, 1985 = P. boreae Gogala, 2002. P. erberi Fieber, 1870 is for the first time reported from Syria, and P. remanei is reported as new to Portugal.
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg State University, Department of Entomology, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. alexknyshov@gmail.com
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knyshov
authors.forename: Fedor V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Konstantinov
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011174:Portugal; D013593:Syria