# Polymerus

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image =Polymerus.unifasciatus (cropped).jpg
| image_caption =''[Polymerus unifasciatus](/source/Polymerus_unifasciatus)''
| taxon = Polymerus
| authority = [Hahn](/source/Carl_Wilhelm_Hahn), 1831
| synonyms = {{Taxon list
|  ''Poeciloscytus'' | Fieber, 1858}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/>
| diversity_link = List of Polymerus species
| diversity = ca. 100 species
}}

'''''Polymerus''''' is a genus of [plant bug](/source/plant_bug)s in the family [Miridae](/source/Miridae). There are at least 100 described species in ''Polymerus''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref name=eol/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gapon|first1=D. A.|title=Revision of the genus ''Polymerus'' (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Eastern Hemisphere. Part 1: Subgenera ''Polymerus'', ''Pachycentrum'' subgen. nov. and new genus ''Dichelocentrum'' gen. nov.|journal=Zootaxa|date=2014|volume=3787|pages=1–87|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3787.1.1|pmid=24869745}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Polymerus species](/source/List_of_Polymerus_species)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Polymerus'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=105319
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| access-date=2018-04-12
}}</ref>
<ref name=eol>
{{Cite web| title=''Polymerus'' Overview
| url=http://eol.org/pages/35581/overview
| website=Encyclopedia of Life
| access-date=2018-04-12
}}</ref>
<ref name=catlife>
{{Cite web| title=Browse ''Polymerus''
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/fa44863651cfb7005bab54db8cbda7f9
| website=Catalogue of Life
| access-date=2018-04-12
}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Polymerus''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2011444
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2018-04-12
}}</ref>
<ref name=bugref>
{{Cite web| title=''Polymerus'' Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/29567
| website=BugGuide.net
| access-date=2018-04-12
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.
| date = 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC
| publisher = CRC Press
| edition = 2nd
| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.
| date = 1926
| title = Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida
| url = https://archive.org/details/heteropteraortru00blat | publisher = Nature Publishing
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.6871
| doi-access = free
}}
* {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Henry | editor-first1 = Thomas J.
| editor-last2 = Froeschner | editor-first2 = Richard C.
| date = 1988
| title = Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
| publisher = E. J. Brill
| isbn = 978-0-916846-44-2
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Kerzhner | first1 = I.M.
| last2 = Josifov | first2 = M.
| editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend
| editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian
| date = 1999
| title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae
| publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society
| isbn = 978-90-71912-19-1
}}
* {{Cite journal
| last1 = Schuh | first1 = Randall T.
| last2 = Cassis | first2 = Gerasimos
| last3 = Guilbert | first3 = Eric
| date = 2006
| title = Description of the first recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomorpha
| journal = Journal of the New York Entomological Society
| volume = 114
| issue = 1–2
| pages = 38–53
| issn = 0028-7199
| doi = 10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[38:DOTFRM]2.0.CO;2
| s2cid = 86235890
}}
* {{Cite journal
| last1 = Schuh | first1 = Randall T.
| last2 = Weirauch | first2 = Christiane
| last3 = Wheeler | first3 = Ward C.
| date = 2009
| title = Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 34
| issue = 1
| pages = 15–48
| issn = 1365-3113
| doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x
| citeseerx = 10.1.1.498.8756
| s2cid = 85422423
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Walker | first1 = Francis
| date = 1871
| title = Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV
| publisher = British Museum
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.9254
| doi-access = free
}}
* {{Cite journal
| last1 = Weirauch | first1 = Christiane
| last2 = Seltmann | first2 = Katja C.
| last3 = Schuh | first3 = Randall T.
| last4 = Schwartz | first4 = Michael D.
| last5 = Johnson | first5 = Christine
| last6 = Feist | first6 = Mary Ann
| last7 = Soltis | first7 = Pamela S.
| display-authors = 4
| date = 2017
| title = Areas of endemism in the Nearctic: a case study of 1339 species of Miridae (Insecta: Hemiptera) and their plant hosts
| journal = Cladistics
| volume = 33
| issue = 3
| pages = 279–294
| doi = 10.1111/cla.12169
| pmid = 34715729
| doi-access = free
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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Category:Polymerus
Category:Miridae genera
Category:Mirini
Category:Taxa named by Carl Wilhelm Hahn

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