- Source: Lasiochilinae
Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae". It is most diverse in tropical areas, especially in the New World.
Tribes 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 1991 and later in 2009 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 but not others.
Description
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.
Habitat and behaviour
Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods.
They do not perform traumatic insemination, unlike their relatives.
References
External links
Data related to Lasiochilinae at Wikispecies
