tribe
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of
plant bug
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and g ...
s. The
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
is ''Pilophorus'' (Hahn, 1826). Schuh's analysis indicates that the Pilophorini originated in tropical
Gondwanaland
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and subsequently spread into the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where they differentiated into the known genera.(Schuh, 1991)
Genera
; Tribe Pilophorini Douglas & Scott, 1876
* Genus ''
Alepidiella
''Alepidiella'' is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs ...
'' Poppius, 1914 - Eastern Nearctic
* Genus '' Aloea'' Linnavuori, 1975 - Africa, Middle East
* Genus '' Dilatops'' Weirauch, 2006 - Australia, Oceania
* Genus '' Druthmarus'' Distant, 1909 - Orient
* Genus '' Ethatractus'' Linnavuori, 1975 - Africa
* Genus ''
Hypseloecus
''Hypseloecus'' is a genus of capsid bugs in the tribe Pilophorini, erected by Odo Reuter in 1891. Records are mostly from Europe, with some in Africa, Asia and Australia.Lasiolabops'' Poppius, 1914 - Paleotropics
* Genus '' Neoambonea'' Schuh, 1974 - Africa
* Genus '' Parambonea'' Schuh, 1974 - Africa
* Genus '' Parasthenaridea'' Miller, 1937 - Orient
* Genus '' Pherolepis'' Kulik, 1968 - Eastern Palearctic
* Genus '' Pilophorus'' Hahn, 1826 - Holarctic, Orient
* Genus '' Pseudambonea'' Schuh, 1974 - Africa
* Genus '' Randallophorus'' Henry, 2013 - Neotropics
* Genus '' Spinolosus'' Zou, 1985 - Orient
* Genus '' Sthenaridea'' Reuter, 1885 - Circumtropical