Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of
bugs, in the family
Anthocoridae
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species.
Description
Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black an ...
; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae".
Tribe and genera
''BioLib'' includes:
[
;tribe Lasiochilini Carayon, 1972
# '' Lasiochilus'' Reuter, 1871
# '' Plochiocoris'' Champion, 1900
;''incertae sedis''
# '' Eusolenophora'' Poppius, 1909
# '' Lasiellidea'' Reuter, 1895
# '' Lasiocolpus'' Reuter, 1884
# '' Oplobates'' Reuter, 1895
# '' Plochiocorella'' Poppius, 1909
]
Systematics
Phylogenetic work in 2009 suggested that "Lasiochilidae" could be treated as a family separate from Anthocoridae
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species.
Description
Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black an ...
(as well as the recognition of the family Lyctocoridae),[ but this does not appear to be widely supported.
]
Habitat and behaviour
Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of chitin, oft ...
.
References
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Cimicomorpha
Hemiptera subfamilies
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