Illustrated catalog of primary types of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) at the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

The insect collection at the St. Petersburg Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (ZISP) is one of the largest in the world, housing over 20 million curated specimens. This catalog documents the holotypes and lectotypes of plant bugs (family Miridae Hahn, 1833) deposited at ZISP. It includes data on 384 holotypes, 195 lectotypes, and one syntype from all currently recognized subfamilies. High-resolution images of habitus and labels are provided for each specimen, with more than 1700 images made available through Zenodo.