Lasiochilidae

Lasiochilidae is a family of bugs, formerly classified within the minute pirate bugs of the family Anthocoridae.[1]

Lasiochilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Cimicoidea
Family: Lasiochilidae
Genera
  • Dolichiella Reuter
  • Eusolenophora Poppius
  • Iella Carayon
  • Lasiella Reuter
  • Lasiellidea Reuter, 1895
  • Lasiochilus Reuter, 1871
  • Lasiocolpus Reuter
  • Oplobates Reuter, 1895
  • Plochiocorella Poppius, 1909
  • Plochiocoris Champion, 1900
  • Whiteiella Poppius

Habitat and behavior

Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods.

Systematics

Recent phylogenetic work supports the treatment of Lasiochilidae as a family separate from Anthocoridae, as well as the recognition of the family Lyctocoridae.[1]

References
  1. Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.8756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. ISSN 1365-3113.


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