Orthotylinae

Orthotylus virescens, copyright B. Schoenmakers.

Belongs within: Miridae.

The Orthotylinae are a group of mirid bugs in which parempodia are lamellate, recurved and apically strongly convergent, pulvilli are present, and the pronotum usually lacks a collar (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Orthotylinae CGW91
    |  i. s.: Fronsetta MC13
    |         Opera MC13
    |         Rankiniella MC13
    |         Sophocoris MC13
    |         Macrotylus MC13
    |--Austromirini CGW91
    |    |--Austromiris CGW91
    |    |--Dasymiris schoutedeni CGW91, G75
    |    |--Porphyrodema CGW91
    |    `--Zanessa CGW91
    |--Halticini CGW91
    |    |--Myrmecoridea CGW91
    |    |--Myrmecoroides CGW91
    |    `--Halticus CGW91
    |         |--H. apterus H01
    |         |--H. minutus CGW91
    |         `--H. pusillus H01
    `--Orthotylini CGW91
         |--Melanotrichus CGW91
         |--Pseudoloxops CGW91
         |--Zanchius CGW91
         |--Cyrtorhinus CGW91
         |    |--C. lividipennis CGW91
         |    `--C. mundulus (Breddin 1896) [=Periscopus mundulus] K08
         |--Coridromius CGW91
         |    |--C. pilbarensis MC13
         |    `--C. variegatus CGW91
         `--Orthotylus F05
              |--O. adenocarpi A71
              |--O. concolor A71
              |--O. flavosparsus H01
              |--O. (Pinocaspus) gemmae Gessé & Goula 2004 F05
              |--O. schoberiae R13
              `--O. virescens A71

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[F05] Fernández, J. 2005. Noticia de nuevos táxones para la ciencia en el ámbito Íbero-Balear y Macaronésico. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (IX). Graellsia 61 (2): 261–282.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[R13] Reuter, O. M. 1913. Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten bis zum Erwachen der sozialen Instinkte. R. Friedländer & Sohn: Berlin.

Bryocorinae

Tomato bug Nesidiocoris tenuis, photographed by Johanna Bajonero.

Belongs within: Miridae.

The Bryocorinae are a group of mirid bugs that possess distally dilated tarsi with long guard setae or pseudopulvilli arising from the unguitractor plate (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Bryocorinae
    |  i. s.: Singhalesia MC13
    |--Bryocorini CGW91
    |--Bromeliaemiris [Eccritotarsini] CGW91
    |    `--B. puncticollis CGW91
    |--Monaloniini WEE70
    |    |--Eucerocoris WEE70
    |    |    |--E. suspectus G75
    |    |    `--E. thetis Kirkaldy 1908 K08
    |    `--Helopeltis WEE70
    |         |--H. australiae WEE70
    |         |--H. clavifer (Walker 1871) [=Dulichius clavifer] D01
    |         `--H. theivora RD77
    `--Dicyphini CGW91
         |--Setocoris bybliphilus CGW91, N70
         |--Engytatus nicotianae CGW91
         |--Nesidiocoris tenuis CGW91
         |--Pachypeltis CGW91
         |--Pachypeltopsis CGW91
         |--Ragwelellus CGW91
         |--Rayieria CGW91
         |--Felisacus glabratus CGW91
         |--Dicyphus minimus K08
         `--Cyrtopeltis WEE70
              |--C. droserae WEE70
              |--C. nicotianae Kirkaldy 1908 K08
              |--C. russelli WEE70
              `--C. tenuis WEE70

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[D01] Distant, W. L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes.—IX. Heteroptera: fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 416–432.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[N70] Norris, K. R. 1970. General biology. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 107–140. Melbourne University Press.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

Phylinae

Chlamydatus pullus, copyright AfroBrazilian.

Belongs within: Miridae.

The Phylinae are a group of usually small (2–3 mm) mirids that usually lack a pronotal collar. They possess setiform parempodia and pulvilli arising from the ventral surface of the claw (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Phylinae
    |  i. s.: Cephalocapsidea stali Girault 1937 Gi37
    |--Hallodapini CGW91
    |    |--Hallodapus CGW91
    |    `--Acrorrhinium CGW91
    |--Pilophorini CGW91
    |    |--Pilophorus CGW91
    |    |    |--P. cinnamopterus R13
    |    |    `--P. confusus H01
    |    |--Paramixia CGW91
    |    `--Anthropophagiotes Kirkaldy 1908 K08
    |         `--*A. thanatopharus Kirkaldy 1908 K08
    |--Leucophoropterini CGW91
    |    |--Leucophoroptera philippinensis MC94
    |    |--Tytthus mundulus CGW91
    |    `--Sejanus CGW91
    |         |--S. albisignatus MC13
    |         `--S. ecnomios MC94
    `--Phylini CGW91
         |--Campylomma livida CGW91
         |--Psallus CGW91
         |    |--P. betuleti H01
         |    `--P. seriatus Ga37
         |--Sthenarus CGW91
         |--Plagiognathus CGW91
         |    |--P. albipennis H01
         |    `--P. chrysanthemi H01
         `--Chlamydatus CGW91
              |--C. pulicarius H01
              |--C. pullus H01
              `--C. saltitans H01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[Ga37] Gahan, A. B. 1937. Two new chalcidoid egg parasites (Eulophidae and Mymaridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (9): 266–269.

[Gi37] Girault, A. A. 1937. New naturals, unorthodoxies and non-pollutions, viz. new hexapods. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 326–328).

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[MC94] Morrone, J. J., & J. M. Carpenter. 1994. In search of a method for cladistic biogeography: an empirical comparison of component analysis, Brooks parsimony analysis, and three-area statements. Cladistics 10: 99–153.

[R13] Reuter, O. M. 1913. Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten bis zum Erwachen der sozialen Instinkte. R. Friedländer & Sohn: Berlin.

Mirinae

Fine-streaked bugkin Miris striatus, copyright Aleksandrs Balodis.

Belongs within: Miridae.
Contains: Lygus.

The Mirinae are a group of relatively large mirid bugs usually characterised by clearly visible, lamellate, apically divergent parempodia, and pulvilli present and attached to the ventral surface of claws (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Mirinae
    |  i. s.: Lygus WEE70
    |--Hyalopeplus ZS10 [Hyalopeplini CGW91]
    |--Stenodemini CGW91
    |    |--Megaloceroea WEE70
    |    `--Trigonotylus WEE70
    |         |--T. doddi CGW91
    |         `--T. ruficornis H01
    `--Mirini CGW91
         |--Austrocapsus CGW91
         |--Pseudopantilius australis CGW91, G75
         |--Niastama CGW91
         |--Sidnia kinbergi CGW91
         |--Creontiades dilutus [incl. Megacoelum modestum] CGW91
         |--Calocoris CGW91
         |    |--C. norvegicus CGW91
         |    `--C. striatellus A99
         `--Miris H01
              |--M. calcaratus H01
              |--M. campestris L02
              |--M. spissicornis L02
              |--M. striatus G20
              |--M. vagans G20 [=Nabis vagans L02]
              `--M. virens [incl. M. virens var. testaceus] H01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A99] Ax, P. 1999. Das System der Metazoa II. Ein Lehrbuch der phylogenetischen Systematik. Gustav Fisher Verlag: Stuttgart (translated: 2000. Multicellular Animals: The phylogenetic system of the Metazoa vol. 2. Springer).

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.

Coreidae

Homoeocerus unipunctatus, copyright Kenpei.

Belongs within: Coreoidea.
Contains: Leptoscelis, Colpura, Leptoglossus, Coreus.

The Coreidae, squash bugs, are a group of large plant-feeding bugs that typically produce strong repellent odours (Carver et al. 1991).

Characters (from Carver et al. 1991): Stout, usually robust bugs with relatively thick legs; bucculae extending to, and usually behind, level of antennifers; head usually much less than half as wide as base of pronotum; ocelli present; metapleural scent gland openings with distinct peritremes; posterior margins of T4 and T5 produced posteriorly in mid line; membrane of fore wing with longitudinal accessory veins; corium without a large hyaline area.

<==Coreidae [Corizidae]
    |--Agriopocorinae CGW91
    |    |--Agriopocoris CGW91
    |    `--Tylocryptus egenus CGW91
    |--Cloresminae D01a
    |    |--Notobitus abdominalis Distant 1901 D01a
    |    `--Cloresmus D01a
    |         |--C. khasianus Distant 1901 D01a
    |         `--C. modestus Distant 1901 D01a
    |--Physomerinae D01b
    |    |--Rhyticoris spinipes [=Lygaeus spinipes; incl. Piezogaster patulus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |--Physomerus D01b
    |    |    |--P. grossipes (Fabr. 1794) [=Lygaeus grossipes; incl. P. delineatus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--P. subargenteus Walker 1871 D01b
    |    `--Acanthocoris D01b
    |         |--A. anticus Walker 1871 D01b
    |         |--A. esau Distant 1901 D01b
    |         `--A. obscuricornis Dall. 1852 [incl. A. tarsalis Walker 1871] D01b
    |--Pseudophloeinae CGW91
    |    |--Gralliclava CGW91
    |    |--Clavigralloides CGW91
    |    `--Clavigralla D01b
    |         |--C. acantharis (Fabr. 1803) [=Lygaeus acantharis; incl. C. tuberculata Dall. 1852] D01b
    |         |--C. aliena (Walker 1871) [=Cletus alienus] D01b
    |         |--C. dispar Walker 1872 (n. d.) D01b
    |         |--C. gibbosa G01
    |         |--C. horrens D01b
    |         |--C. indecora (Walker 1871) [=Cletus indecorus] D01b
    |         `--C. spinigera Walker 1872 (n. d.) D01b
    |--Discogastrinae D01b
    |    |--Savius Stål 1862 [incl. Homoeoceroides Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--‘Homoeocerus’ diversicornis [=*Homoeoceroides diversicornis] D01b
    |    |--Cnemomis D01b
    |    |    |--C. cognata Stål 1865 [incl. Hypselonotus signatus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--C. dubia (Dall. 1852) [=Paryphes dubius; incl. Hypselonotus mundus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |--Scamurius D01b
    |    |    |--S. amabilis (Stål 1855) [=Paryphes amabilis; incl. Homoeoceroides incongruus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--S. scutellaris (Walker 1871) [=Hypselonotus scutellaris] D01b
    |    `--Discogaster Burmeister 1835 [incl. Leptornytus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--D. drewseni D01b
    |         `--D. rufocornis (Walker 1871) [=Leptornytus rufocornis] D01b
    |--Spartocerinae D01b
    |    |--Sephina D01b
    |    |    |--S. humeralis Distant 1901 D01b
    |    |    |--S. limbata [incl. S. atra Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--S. vinula [incl. Spartocera lampyroides Walker 1871] D01b
    |    `--Spartocera D01b
    |         |--S. batatas (Fabr. 1798) [=Lygaeus batatas] D01b
    |         |--S. brevicornis E66
    |         |--S. fusca (Thunb. 1783) [=Cimex fuscus; incl. Spartocerus diffusus] D01b
    |         |--S. gigantea D01b
    |         |--S. grandis Distant 1901 D01b
    |         |--S. pantomima (Dist. 1881) [=Sephina pantomima; incl. Sp. ortonedai Montand. 1897] D01b
    |         `--S. rubicunda Spin. in Gay 1852 [incl. S. chilensis Walker 1871] D01b
    |--Gonocerinae D01b
    |    |--Gonocerus L-SSY04
    |    |    |--G. annulipes Lucas 1847 E12
    |    |    `--G. juniperi Herrich-Schäffer 1839 L-SSY04
    |    |--Cletomorpha D01b
    |    |    |--C. kirbyi Distant 1901 [=C. denticulata Kirby 1891 (preoc.)] D01b
    |    |    |--C. raja Distant 1901 D01b
    |    |    `--C. walkeri Kirby 1891 [incl. C. benita Kirby 1891] D01b
    |    `--Plinacthus D01b
    |         |--P. acicularis (Fabr. 1803) [=Alydus acicularis; incl. Cletus conspicuus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--P. dubius (Herr.-Schäff. 1842) [=Gonocerus dubius; incl. Cletus clarus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--P. pungens (Thunb. 1783) [=Cimex pungens; incl. Gonocerus luridus Dall. 1852] D01b
    |         `--P. spinosus Stål 1859 [incl. Cletus mundus Walker 1871] D01b
    |--Acanthocephalinae D01a
    |    |--Acanthocephala D01a
    |    |    |--A. affinis (Walker 1871) [=Metapodius affinis] D01a
    |    |    |--A. angustipes (Westw. in Hope 1842) [=Metapodius angustipes; incl. M. constrictus Walk. 1871] D01a
    |    |    |--A. femorata L86
    |    |    |--A. latipes (Drury 1782) [=Cimex latipes; incl. Metapodius sericeicollis Walk. 1871] D01a
    |    |    `--A. unicolor (Westw. 1842) [=Metapodius unicolor; incl. M. distinctus Walk. 1871] D01a
    |    `--Laminiceps D01a
    |         |--L. cardinalis D01a
    |         |--L. ducalis D01a
    |         |--L. fasciatus D01a
    |         |--L. festivus Distant 1901 D01a
    |         |--L. megaera (Burm. 1835) [=Paryphes megaera] D01a
    |         `--L. sumptuosus Distant 1901 D01a
    |--Centroscelinae D01b
    |    |--Acidomeria strigata (Walker 1871) [=Gonocerus strigatus] D01b
    |    |--Namacus annulicornis Stål 1870 [incl. N. rufescens Walker 1872] D01b
    |    |--Margus D01b
    |    |    |--M. inornatus D01b
    |    |    `--M. obscurator (Fabr. 1803) [=Coreus obscurator] D01b
    |    |--Catorhintha D01b
    |    |    |--C. guttula (Fabr. 1794) [=Lygaeus guttula] D01b
    |    |    `--C. semialba (Walker 1872) [=Namacus semialbus] D01b
    |    |--Paryphes D01b
    |    |    |--P. festivus Costa 1863 [incl. P. gloriosus Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--P. viridipes Walker 1871 (n. d.) D01b
    |    `--Hypselonotus D01b
    |         |--H. concinnus [incl. H. propinquus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--H. interruptus Hahn 1831 [incl. Jadera subvittata Walker 1871] D01b
    |         `--H. lanceolatus Walker 1871 D01b
    |--Mictinae D01b
    |    |--Saguntus lobulatus Stål 1865 [incl. Hypselonotus crassifemur Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |--Quintius pallens (Walker 1871) [=Hirileus pallens; incl. H. pallidus Walker 1871 D01b
    |    |--Molchina Amyot & Serv. 1843 [incl. Euplatycoris Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |    `--M. granulata Stål 1870 [incl. Euplatycoris bellicornis Walker 1871] D01b
    |    |--Zoreva D01b
    |    |    |--Z. marginalis (Walker 1871) [=Hypselonotus marginalis] D01b
    |    |    `--Z. spinifera D01b
    |    |--Archimerus D01b
    |    |    |--A. alternatus E66
    |    |    |--A. calcarator E66
    |    |    `--A. pallens (Dall. 1852) [=Physomerus pallens, Piezogaster pallens] D01b
    |    `--Nematopus D01b
    |         |--N. fasciatus Westw. in Hope 1842 [incl. Hypselonotus fascicollis Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--N. indus (Linnaeus 1758) [=Cimex indus; incl. Hypselonotus pectoralis Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--N. lepidus Stål 1862 [incl. Hypselonotus armatus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         `--N. ruficrus (Perty 1830) [=Anisoscelis ruficrus; incl. Hypselonotus ventralis Walker 1871] D01b
    |--Leptoscelidini [Leptoscelinae] D01b
    |    |--Leptoscelis D01b
    |    |--Malvana minax (Walker 1871) [=Hypselonotus minax] D01b
    |    |--Amblyomia B96a
    |    |--Coribergia B96a
    |    |--Dalmatomammurius B96a
    |    |--Kalinckascelis B96a
    |    |--Malvanaioides B96a
    |    |--Plunentis B96a
    |    |--Sephinioides Brailovsky 1996 B96a
    |    |    `--*S. ugaldei Brailovsky 1996 B96a
    |    `--Phthia D01b
    |         |--P. affinis Distant 1901 D01b
    |         |--P. cantharidina D01b
    |         |--P. decorata D01b
    |         |--P. lunata [incl. P. concinna Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--P. picta D01b
    |         |--P. smaragdina (Walker 1871) [=Sphictyrtus smaragdinus] D01b
    |         `--P. ventralis D01b
    |--Corizinae D01b
    |    |--Corizus H01
    |    |    |--C. crassicornis [incl. C. crassicornis var. abutilon] H01
    |    |    |--C. maculatus H01
    |    |    |--C. parumpunctatus H01
    |    |    `--C. subrufus [incl. C. capitatus] H01
    |    |--Jadera D01b
    |    |    |--J. abdominalis Walker 1871 (n. d.) D01b
    |    |    |--J. aeola (Dallas 1852) [=Serinetha aeola; incl. Lygaeus conspersus Walker 1872] D01b
    |    |    |--J. antica (Walker 1872) [=Lygaeus anticus] D01b
    |    |    |--J. haematoloma [incl. Lygaeus marginalis Walker 1872] D01c
    |    |    `--J. sanguinolenta (Fabr. 1775) [=Cimex sanguinolentus; incl. Lygaeus rufoculis Kirby 1890] D01b
    |    `--Serinetha D01b
    |         |--S. abdominalis (Fabr. 1803) [=Lygaeus abdominalis; incl. S. taprobanensis Dallas 1852] D01b
    |         |--S. aethiops Dallas 1901 D01b
    |         |--S. fraterna D01b
    |         |--S. lurida Dallas 1852 D01b
    |         |--S. subrufescens (Kirby 1888) [=Lygaeus subrufescens] D01c
    |         `--S. vicina Dallas 1852 [incl. S. coxalis Kirby 1891, Astacops nigricornis Walker 1872] D01b
    |--Colpurinae D01a
    |    |  i. s.: Sciophyrus D01a
    |    |           |--S. anticus (Walker 1871) [=Cletus anticus] D01a
    |    |           `--S. crassus (Walker 1871) [=Cletus crassus] D01a
    |    |         Pachycephalus D01a
    |    |           |--P. opacus D01a
    |    |           `--P. touchei Distant 1901 D01a
    |    `--Colpurini B96b
    |         |--Colpura D01a
    |         |--Agathyrna B96b
    |         |--Acanthotyla fasciata (Walker 1871) B96b, D01a [=Cletus fasciatus D01a]
    |         |--Monasavuhygia Brailovsky 1996 B96b
    |         |    `--*M. cordata Brailovsky 1996 B96b
    |         |--Acarihygia Brailovsky 1993 B96b
    |         |    `--*A. fijiana Brailovsky 1993 B96b
    |         `--Brachylybas Stål 1870 B96b
    |              |--*B. variegata (Le Guillou 1841) [=Gonocerus variegatus, B. variegatus] B96b
    |              |--B. delgadoi Brailovksy 1996 B96b
    |              |--B. taveuni Brailovsky 1996 B96b
    |              `--B. vanua Brailovsky 1996 B96b
    |--Coreinae CGW91
    |    |--Mictis profana (Fabr. 1803) CGW91, D14 [=Lygaeus profana D14; incl. M. profanus var. crux K08]
    |    |--Amblypelta cocophaga CGW91, MHG04
    |    |--Aulacosternum nigrorubrum CGW91, C91
    |    |--Pompanotus CGW91
    |    |--Turrana CGW91
    |    |--Leptoglossus CGW91
    |    |--Coreus E12
    |    |--Amorbus CGW91
    |    |    |--A. alternatus CGW91
    |    |    `--A. rubiginosus G75
    |    `--Cletus CGW91
    |         |--C. apicifer Walker 1871 (n. d.) D01b
    |         |--C. bipunctatus (Westw. in Hope 1842) [=Coreus bipunctatus; incl. Cl. signatus Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--C. fuscescens Walker 1871 D01b
    |         |--C. inconspicuus Walker 1871 D01b
    |         |--C. punctiger (Dall. 1852) [=Gonocerus punctiger; incl. Homoeocerus minax Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--C. punctulatus (Westw. in Hope 1842) [=Coreus punctulatus; incl. Cl. femoralis Kirby 1891] D01b
    |         |--C. rubidiventris (Wastw. in Hope 1842) [=Coreus rubidiventris; incl. Cl. pallescens Walker 1871] D01b
    |         |--C. similis WEE70
    |         `--C. subnotatus Walker 1871 D01b
    `--Homoeocerus [Homoeocerinae] D01a
         |--H. abbreviatus (Fabr. 1794) [=Lygaeus abbreviatus; incl. H. umbratus Walker 1871] D01a
         |--H. abdominalis Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. angulatus West. in Hope 1842 (see below for synonymy) D01a
         |--H. annulatus (Thunb. 1822) [=Alydus annulatus; incl. Ceratopachys subsparsus Walker 1871] D01a
         |--H. atkinsoni Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. auriculatus D01a
         |--H. borneensis Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. concisus Walker 1871 D01a
         |--H. graminis (Fabr. 1803) [=Lygaeus graminis; incl. H. turbidus Walker 1871] D01a
         |--H. lineatus Walker 1871 (n. d.) D01a
         |--H. lucidus Walker 1871 D01a
         |--H. magnicornis D01a
         |--H. malayensis Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. montanus Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. nigridorsum D01a
         |--H. prominulus (Dall 1852) [=Ceratopachys prominulus; incl. C. vicinus Sall 1852] D01a
         |--H. serrifer (Westw. in Hope 1842) (see below for synonymy) D01a
         |--H. signatus Walker 1871 [incl. H. biplagiatus Stål 1873] D01a
         |--H. simplex Walker 1871 D01a
         |--H. sinicus Walker 1871 D01a
         |--H. smecticus Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. subjectus Walker 1871 D01a
         |--H. tinctus D01a
         |--H. trimaculatus Distant 1901 D01a
         |--H. unipunctatus (Thunb. 1783) [=Cimex unipunctatus; incl. H. chinensis Dall 1852] D01a
         |--H. variabilis (Dall 1852) [=Ceratopachys variabilis; incl. H. anticus Walker 1871] D01a
         |--H. walkerianus [incl. H. plagiatus Walker 1871 (preoc.)] D01a
         `--H. yerburyi Distant 1901 D01a

Coreidae incertae sedis:
  Paradasynus spinosus YS01
  Thasus gigas GE05, EN20
  Narnia inornata I92
  Aufeius impressicollis BM76
  Syromastes marginatus H01
  Therapha hyoscyami H01
  Enoplops H01
    |--E. scapha H01
    `--E. sibirica H01
  Chelonidea G75
    |--C. tabulata G75
    `--C. vittiger G75
  Anasa tristis CGW91, RD77
  Hebeicoris xinboensis Hong 1985 RJ93
  Uranocoris Walker 1871 D01b
    `--U. suavis Walker 1871 D01b
  Menenotus diminutus Walker 1871 D01b
  Derepteryx truncata Walker 1871 D01b
  Hyalymenus walkeri [incl. H. ichneumoniformis Walker 1871 (preoc.)] D01b
  Verlusia rhombea D01b
  Dulichius inflatus RD77
  Theraptus RD77
  Chariestrus antennator E66
  Pachylis Lepeletier & Serville 1825 E66, K18
    `--P. argentinus E66

Homoeocerus angulatus West. in Hope 1842 [incl. H. clarus Walker 1871, H. mundus Walker 1871, H. parallelus Walker 1871] D01a

Homoeocerus serrifer (Westw. in Hope 1842) [=Coreus serrifer; incl. H. parvulus Walker 1871, H. unipunctatus Dall 1852 non Cimex unipunctatus Thunb. 1783] D01a

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BM76] Bohart, R. M., & A. S. Menke. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World. University of California Press: Berkeley.

[B96a] Brailovsky, H. 1996a. A new genus and a new species of Leptoscelidini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (2): 215–220.

[B66b] Brailovsky, H. 1996b. A revision of the tribe Colpurini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from the Fiji islands. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (3): 473–490.

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[C91] CSIRO. 1991. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[D01a] Distant, W. L. 1901a. Rhynchotal notes.—VIII. Heteroptera: fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 6–22.

[D01b] Distant, W. L. 1901b. Rhynchotal notes.—IX. Heteroptera: fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 416–432.

[D01c] Distant, W. L. 1901c. Rhynchotal notes.—X. Heteroptera: fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 531–541.

[D14] Distant, W. L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 4 pp. 369–390, pls 11–12. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

[EN20] Eggli, U., & R. Nyffeler (eds) 2020. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons 2^nd ed. Springer.

[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[G01] Gupta, S. K. 2001. A conspectus of natural enemies of phytophagous mites and mites as potential biocontrol agents of agricultural pests in India. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 484–497. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[I92] Imes, R. 1992. The Practical Entomologist. Aurum Press: London.

[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.

[K18] Kury, A. B. 2018. Familial nomina in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Bionomina 13: 1–27.

[L86] Lindquist, E. E. 1986. The world genera of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata): a morphological, phylogenetic, and systematic revision, with a reclassification of family-group taxa in the Heterostigmata. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 118 (S136): 1–517.

[L-SSY04] López-Sebastián, E., J. Selfa & J. Ylla. 2004. Primeros datos del parasitismo de Ooencyrtus pityocampae (Mercet, 1921) sobre Graellsia isabelae (Graells, 1849) en condiciones de laboratorio. Graellsia 60 (1): 121–123.

[MHG04] Maynard, G. V., J. G. Hamilton & J. F. Grimshaw. 2004. Quarantine—phytosanitary, sanitary and incursion management: an Australian entomological perspective. Australian Journal of Entomology 43 (3): 318–328.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

[YS01] Yoshizawa, K., & T. Saigusa. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of paraneopteran orders (Insecta: Neoptera) based on forewing base structure with comments on monophyly of Auchenorrhycha (Hemiptera). Systematic Entomology 26: 1–13.

Cydnidae

Macroscytus brunneus, copyright Petri Metsälä.

Belongs within: Pentatomoidea.

The Cydnidae, burrowing bugs, are a group of shiny black or brown bugs characterised by a large triangular scutellum, numerous strong spines on the tibiae, and fringes of closely set, rigid setae on the apices of the mid and hind coxae. They burrow in soil where they feed on roots, stems or fallen seeds (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Cydnidae
    |--Scaptocorinae SDT88
    |--Thaumastella RD77 [Thaumastellidae, Thaumastellinae SP02]
    |    `--T. aradoides RD77
    |--Garsauria [Garsauriinae] SDT88
    |    `--G. aradoides SDT88
    |--Sehirus H01 [Sehirinae SS02]
    |    |--S. bicolor H01
    |    |--S. dubius [incl. S. dubius var. melanopterus] H01
    |    |--S. luctuosus H01
    |    |--S. morio H01
    |    `--S. parens H01
    |--Amnestinae [Clavicorinae, Latiscutellidae, Pricecoridae] SP02
    |    |--Clavicoris cretaceus Popov 1986 RJ93
    |    |--Latiscutella santosi RJ93
    |    |--Pricecoris beckerae RJ93
    |    `--Amnestus SDT88
    |         |--A. guapinolinus Thomas 1988 P92
    |         `--A. spinifrons SDT88
    `--Cydninae SS02
         |  i. s.: Adrisa numeensis (Montr. 1858) CGW91, D14 [=Geobia numeensis D14]
         |         Teabooma Distant 1914 D14
         |           `--*T. princeps Distant 1914 D14
         |         Cydnus H01
         |           |--C. flavicornis H01
         |           `--C. nigrita H01
         |         Mentisa Walker 1868 D01
         |           `--M. smaragdina Walker 1868 D01
         `--Geotomini L99
              |--Geotomus pygmaeus WEE70, K08
              `--Macroscytus Fieber 1860 [incl. Hahnia Ellenrieder 1862 non Koch 1841, Philapodemus Kirkaldy 1910] L99
                   |--*M. brunneus (Fabricius 1803) [=Cydnus brunneus] L99
                   |--M. abditus L99
                   |--M. annulipes L99
                   |--M. annulipoides Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. arnhemicus Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. australis (Erichson 1842) (see below for synonymy) L99
                   |--M. australoides Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. badius L99
                   |--M. bisetosus Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. glaberrimus Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. howei Lis 1997 L99
                   |--M. javanus L99
                   |--M. minimus Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. monteithi Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. papuanus L99
                   |--M. piceus (Westwood 1837) (see below for synonymy) L99
                   |--M. pseudaustralis Lis 1999 L99
                   |--M. subaeneus H01
                   `--M. transversus L99

Cydnidae incertae sedis:
  Chilocoris L02
    |--C. neozealandicus Larivière & Froeschner 1994 L02
    `--C. similis G17
  Microporus obliquus C90
  Melanaethus noctivagus C90
  Aethus indicus WL09, CGW91
  Moonta Distant 1911 G76
  Blaena MC13
  Pangaeus SDT88
  Brachypelta aterrima RD77
  Cyrtomenus E66

Macroscytus australis (Erichson 1842) [=Cydnus australis, Hahnia australis, Macroscytus australicus (l. c.)] L99

Macroscytus piceus (Westwood 1837) [=Cydnus piceus; incl. C. dilatatus Signoret 1881, Macroscytus dilatatus] L99

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[C90] Crawford, C. S. 1990. Scorpiones, Solifugae, and associated desert taxa. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 421–475. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[D01] Distant, W. L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes.—VIII. Heteroptera: fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 6–22.

[D14] Distant, W. L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 4 pp. 369–390, pls 11–12. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[G17] Girault, A. A. 1917. Descriptiones hymenopterorum chalcidoidicarum variorum cum observationibus. V. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 116–131).

[G76] Gross, G. F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part II. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.

[L02] Larivière, M.-C. 2002. Primary types of Heteroptera in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection: Pentatomomorpha described from New Zealand before the year 2000. New Zealand Entomologist 25: 79–85.

[L99] Lis, J. A. 1999. A revision of Australian species of the genus Macroscytus Fieber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 459–479.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

[SDT88] Schaefer, C. W., W. R. Dolling & S. Tachikawa. 1988. The shieldbug genus Parastrachia and its position within the Pentatomoidea (Insecta: Hemiptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 283–311.

[SP02] Shcherbakov, D. E., & Yu. A. Popov. 2002. Superorder Cimicidea Laicharting, 1781: Order Hemiptera Linné, 1758. The bugs, cicadas, plantlice, scale insects, etc. [=Cimicida Laicharting, 1781, =Homoptera Leach, 1815 + Heteroptera Latreille, 1810). In: Rasnitsyn, A. P., & D. L. J. Quicke (eds) History of Insects pp. 143–157. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.

[SS02] Sweet, M. H., & C. W. Schaefer. 2002. Parastrachiinae (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) raised to family level. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95: 441–448.

[WL09] Walter, D. E., E. E. Lindquist, I. M. Smith, D. R. Cook & G. W. Krantz. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 233–420. Texas Tech University Press.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

Gerroidea

Hawaiian pond bug Microvelia vagans, copyright James Bailey.

Belongs within: Gerromorpha.

The Gerroidea are a group of predatory bugs specialised for skating over the surface of water. They are distinguished by legs with at least the fore pair having claws inserted well before the apex of the last tarsal segments (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Gerroidea CGW91
    |--Hermatobates CGW91 [Hermatobatidae GE05, Hermatobatinae]
    |    `--H. haddoni CGW91
    `--+--Veliidae GE05
       |    |  i. s.: Velia rivulorum G20
       |    |--Rhagovelia GE05 [Rhagoveliinae CGW91]
       |    |    |--R. australica CGW91
       |    |    `--R. nigricans (Burm. 1835) [=Velia nigricans] D14
       |    |--Haloveliinae CGW91
       |    |    |--Xenobates CGW91
       |    |    |--Colpovelia CGW91
       |    |    `--Halovelia CGW91
       |    |         |--H. electrodominica S02
       |    |         `--H. maritima WEE70
       |    `--Microvelia [Microveliinae] CGW91
       |         |--M. americana TBG00
       |         |--M. capitata RD77
       |         |--M. flavipes K08
       |         |--M. mjobergi WEE70
       |         |--M. oceanica Distant 1914 D14
       |         |--M. pacifica Kirkaldy 1908 K08
       |         |--M. paludicola K08
       |         |--M. peramoena CGW91
       |         |--M. polheimi S02
       |         `--M. vagans D14
       `--Gerridae GE05
            |  i. s.: Rheumatobates rileyi W37
            |         Paleogerris GE05
            |         Limnoporus esakii Miyamoto 1958 GE05, I92
            |         Limnometra K08
            |           |--L. ciliata Mayr 1865 K08
            |           `--L. cursitans ZS10
            |         Cylindrostethus Mayr 1865 D61
            |           |--*C. fieberi D61
            |           |--C. hungerfordi D61
            |           |--C. linearis D61
            |           |--C. palmaris D61
            |           |--C. regulus D61
            |           `--C. stygius Drake 1961 D61
            |         Metrobates P92
            |--Rhagadotarsus [Rhagadotarsinae] CGW91
            |--Electrobates [Electrobatinae] P92
            |    `--E. spinipes Andersen & Poinar 1992 P92
            |--Eotrechinae GE05
            |    |--Eotrechus GE05
            |    `--Onychotrechus GE05
            |--Trepobatinae CGW91
            |    |--Rheumatometra CGW91
            |    |--Stenobates CGW91
            |    `--Trepobates pictus A99
            |--Halobates GE05 [Halobatinae CGW91]
            |    |--H. mjobergi N91
            |    |--H. ruffoi GE05
            |    |--H. sericeus CH97
            |    |--H. whiteleggei H15
            |    `--H. wuellerstoffi O86
            `--Gerrinae CGW91
                 |--Aquarius CGW91
                 |--Tenagogonus CGW91
                 |--Tenagogerris euphrosyne CGW91, G75
                 |--Limnogonus CGW91
                 |    |--L. discolor (Stal 1859) [=Gerris discolor] K08
                 |    |--L. fossarum MC13
                 |    |    |--L. f. fossarum MC13
                 |    |    `--L. f. gilguy MC13
                 |    `--L. luctuosus CGW91
                 `--Gerris G75
                      |--G. babai Miyamoto 1958 I92
                      |--G. lacustris H01
                      |--G. luctuosa Montr. 1864 D14
                      |--G. odontogaster H01
                      `--G. rufoscutellatus H01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A99] Ax, P. 1999. Das System der Metazoa II. Ein Lehrbuch der phylogenetischen Systematik. Gustav Fisher Verlag: Stuttgart (translated: 2000. Multicellular Animals: The phylogenetic system of the Metazoa vol. 2. Springer).

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[CH97] Castro, P., & M. E. Huber. 1997. Marine Biology 2^nd ed. WCB McGraw-Hill: Boston.

[D14] Distant, W. L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 4 pp. 369–390, pls 11–12. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

[D61] Drake, C. J. 1961. A new Cylindrostethus from Peru (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 65–66.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H15] Hedley, C. 1915. Presidential address. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49 (1): 1–77, pls 1–7.

[H01] Horváth, G. 1901. Hemipterák [Hemiptera]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 245–274. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.

[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[N91] Norris, K. R. 1991. General biology. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 68–108. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[O86] Olliff, A. S. 1886. Notes and exhibits. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 163–164.

[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[S02] Sinitshenkova, N. D. 2002. Ecological history of the aquatic insects. In Rasnitsyn, A. P., & D. L. J. Quicke (eds) History of Insects pp. 388–426. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.

[TBG00] Tuzovskij, P., D. Benfatti & R. Gerecke. 2000. The water mite family Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967 nov. stat. and diagnosis of the superfamily Hydrovolzioidea Thor, 1905 (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia). Acarologia 41: 451–473.

[W37] Walton, W. R. 1937. The official seal of the Entomological Society of Washington. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (6): 168.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.

Nepoidea

Lethocerus delpontei, copyright Wolfram Sondermann.

Belongs within: Panheteroptera.

The Nepoidea are a group of aquatic bugs in which the fore wing venation is reticulate and the eighth abdominal tergum is modified into a pair of respiratory processes. In members of the family Nepidae, water scorpions, these processes are angular filaments that form a more or less elongate siphon (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Nepoidea
    |--Nepidae GE05
    |    |  i. s.: Curicta Im92
    |    |--Ranatrinae CGW91
    |    |    |--Austronepa angusta CGW91, WEE74
    |    |    |--Goondnomdanepa CGW91
    |    |    |--Cercotmetus CGW91
    |    |    `--Ranatra TW05
    |    |         |--R. australiensis G75
    |    |         |--R. dispar CGW91
    |    |         |--R. linearis CS77
    |    |         `--R. quadridentata RD77
    |    `--Nepinae CGW91
    |         |--Laccotrephes tristis CGW91
    |         `--Nepa Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. atra Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. cimicoides Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. cinerea Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. fusca Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. grandis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              |--N. linearis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |              `--N. rubra Linnaeus 1758 L58
    `--Belostomatidae GE05
         |  i. s.: Mesobelostomum deperditum S02
         |         Odrowasicoris polonicus S02
         |         Iberonepa romerali GE05, S02
         |         Lethonectes GE05
         |         Tarsabedus GE05
         |         Nettelstedtia GE05
         |         Mesonepa GE05
         |         Scarabeides GE05
         |         Stygeonepa GE05
         |         Lethopterus GE05
         |         Hydrocyrius columbiae Spinola 1850 [incl. Belostoma capitatum Guerin-Meneville 1856] M62
         |         Sphaerodema eques G75
         |         Zaitha flumineum RD77
         |--Belostomatinae CGW91
         |    |--Belostoma testaceopallidum G20
         |    `--Diplonychus CGW91
         |         |--D. eques CGW91
         |         `--D. rusticus [=Sphaerodema rusticum] CGW91
         `--Lethocerus M62 [Lethocerinae CGW91]
              |--L. annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer 1848) (see below for synonymy) M62
              |--L. colossicus M62
              |--L. delpontei M62
              |--L. deyrollei (Vuillefroy 1864) Iw92
              |--L. distinctifemur CGW91
              |--‘Belostoma’ distinctum Dufour 1863 M62
              |--L. grandis RD77
              |--L. (Benacus) griseus (Say 1832) [incl. B. angustatum Guerin-Meneville 1856] M62
              |--L. indicus WEE70
              |--L. insulanus CGW91
              |--‘Belostoma’ litigiosum Dufour 1863 M62
              |--L. medius (Guerin-Meneville 1856) [=Belostoma medium; incl. B. curtum Guerin-Meneville 1856] M62
              |--‘Belostoma’ obscurum Dufour 1863 M62
              `--L. turgaicus S02

Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer 1848) [=Belostoma annulipes; incl. B. mayri Montandon 1896, B. ruficeps Dufour 1863, B. signoreti Dufour 1863] M62

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[CS77] Cramp, S., & K. E. L. Simmons (eds) 1977. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palaearctic vol. 1. Ostrich to Ducks. Oxford University Press: Oxford.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[Im92] Imes, R. 1992. The Practical Entomologist. Aurum Press: London.

[Iw92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[M62] Menke, A. S. 1962. Notes on species of Lethocerus Mayr and Hydrocyrius Spinola described by Guerin-Meneville, L. Dufour, A. L. Montandon, and G. A. W. Herrich-Schäffer (Belostomatidae; Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 61–66.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[S02] Sinitshenkova, N. D. 2002. Ecological history of the aquatic insects. In: Rasnitsyn, A. P., & D. L. J. Quicke (eds) History of Insects pp. 388–426. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.

[WEE74] Woodward, T. E., V. F. Eastop & J. W. Evans. 1974. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers. Supplement 1974 pp. 52–57. Melbourne University Press.

[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.

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