Lasiochilinae | |
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Lasiochilus fusculus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Anthocoridae |
Subfamily: |
Lasiochilinae Carayon, 1972 [1] [2] |
Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae". [3] It is most diverse in tropical areas, especially in the New World. [4]
BioLib includes: [2]
Phylogenetic work in 1991 [4] and later in 2009 [3] suggested that "Lasiochilidae" could be treated as a family separate from Anthocoridae (as well as the recognition of the family Lyctocoridae). This has been followed by some studies [5] [6] but not others. [7]
Lasiochilinae are similar to other Anthocoridae (if treated as its own family, it is similar to Lyctocoridae and to Anthocoridae), such as male genitalia being asymmetrical with a reduced right paramere. An apomorphy of the group is the first two abdominal segments having a single pair of dorsal laterotergites, while the rest have a simple tergal plate. The spermatheca of females is in the shape of a vermiform gland. [4] [5]
Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods.
They do not perform traumatic insemination, unlike their relatives. [4]
Lasiochilinae | |
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Lasiochilus fusculus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Anthocoridae |
Subfamily: |
Lasiochilinae Carayon, 1972 [1] [2] |
Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae". [3] It is most diverse in tropical areas, especially in the New World. [4]
BioLib includes: [2]
Phylogenetic work in 1991 [4] and later in 2009 [3] suggested that "Lasiochilidae" could be treated as a family separate from Anthocoridae (as well as the recognition of the family Lyctocoridae). This has been followed by some studies [5] [6] but not others. [7]
Lasiochilinae are similar to other Anthocoridae (if treated as its own family, it is similar to Lyctocoridae and to Anthocoridae), such as male genitalia being asymmetrical with a reduced right paramere. An apomorphy of the group is the first two abdominal segments having a single pair of dorsal laterotergites, while the rest have a simple tergal plate. The spermatheca of females is in the shape of a vermiform gland. [4] [5]
Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods.
They do not perform traumatic insemination, unlike their relatives. [4]