Semiini is a tribe of
plant bug
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the 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 grass bugs. It is th ...
s in the family
Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the 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 grass bugs. It is th ...
. There are more than 30 genera in Semiini.
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Genera
These 33 genera belong to the tribe Semiini:
; Subtribe Exocarpocorina Schuh & Menard, 2013
: '' Ampimpacoris'' Weirauch & Schuh, 2011 - Neotropics
: '' Ancoraphylus'' Weirauch, 2007 - Australia
: '' Araucanophylus'' Carvalho, 1984 - Neotropics
: '' Basileobius'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Chiloephylus'' Carvalho, 1984 - Neotropics
: '' Cyrtodiridius'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Exocarpocoris'' Weirauch, 2007 - Australia
: '' Gonzalezinus'' Carvalho, 1981 - Neotropics
: '' Halormus'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Harpagophylus'' Schuh & Weirauch, 2010 - Australia
: ''Jiwarli
The Djiwarli, also written Jiwarli, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Language
The Jiwarli speak one of four dialects of Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the Thiin, War ...
'' Soto & Weirauch, 2007 - Australia
: ''Leptidolon
''Leptidolon'' is a genus of plant bug
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant ...
'' Reuter, 1904 - Australia, New Zealand
: '' Mecenopa'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Melaleucoides'' Schuh & Weirauch, 2010 - Australia
: '' Pimeleocoris'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Polyozus'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
: '' Thryptomenomiris'' Schuh & Weirauch, 2010 - Australia
: '' Wallabicoris'' Schuh & Pedraza, 2010 - Australia
: '' Xiphoidellus'' Weirauch & Schuh, 2011 - Australia
: '' Xiphoides'' Eyles & Schuh, 2003 - Australia
; Subtribe Semiina Knight, 1923
: ''Criocoris
''Criocoris'' is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about 13 described species in ''Criocoris''.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus ''Criocoris'':
* '' Criocoris contrastus'' Seidenstucker, 1970
* '' Criocoris cr ...
'' Fieber, 1858 - Holarctic
: ''Hoplomachidea
''Hoplomachidea'' 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 taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". ...
'' Reuter, 1909 - Western Nearctic
: '' Karoocapsus'' Schuh, 1974 - Africa
: '' Monocris'' V. Putshkov, 1974 - Palearctic
: ''Monospatha
''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family.
Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae.
The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, ...
'' Eyles & Schuh 2003
: '' Myrmicopsella'' Poppius, 1914 - Africa
: '' Nicholia'' Knight, 1929 - Nearctic
: '' Parapseudosthenarus'' Schuh, 1974 - Africa
: '' Pseudosthenarus'' Poppius, 1914 - Africa
: '' Rakula'' Odhiambo, 1967 - Africa
: ''Semium
''Semium'' 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 taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common ...
'' Reuter, 1876 - Nearctic
: ''Thoth
Thoth (; from grc-koi, Θώθ ''Thṓth'', borrowed from cop, Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ ''Thōout'', Egyptian: ', the reflex of " eis like the Ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or ...
'' Linnavuori, 1993 - Africa
: ''Tytthus
''Tytthus'' is a genus of insects in family Miridae, the plant bugs. They are carnivorous, feeding upon the eggs of various planthoppers in the family Delphacidae, and thus are important in the biological control of pests. The genus is distribu ...
'' Fieber, 1864 - Cosmopolitan
References
Phylinae
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