Microphylellus minor Knight, 1929a: 42

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 : 253

Microphylellus minor Knight, 1929a: 42 (n. sp.).

HOLOTYPE: male: ‘‘Fresno, Calif., June 20, 1926, C. J. Drake’ ’. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Washington, D.C.

Examination of the holotype, as well as the allotype female from the type locality, indicates that this is a species of Tuxedo . As the name would suggest, this is a relatively small species, but the color pattern is distinctive for the group.