Isometopinae Explained
Isometopinae is a subfamily of jumping tree bugs in the family Miridae and are the only members of the Miridae to possess ocelli. The subfamily is split into five tribes. There are 42 genera and approximately 239 described species in Isometopinae.[1] [2] [3]
Genera
These six genera belong to the subfamily Isometopinae:
- Corticoris McAtee & Malloch, 1922
- Diphleps Bergroth, 1924
- Lidopus Gibson, 1917
- Myiomma Puton, 1872
- Wetmorea McAtee and Malloch, 1924
- Myiopus Henry 1980
Further reading
- Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
- Web site: 2018-03-05. Bantock . T.. Botting . J.. 2013. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera.
- Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1926. Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. 10.5962/bhl.title.6871. free.
- Book: Henry . Thomas J.. Froeschner . Richard C.. 1988. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. 0-916846-44-X.
- Book: Kerzhner . I.M.. Josifov . M.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. 1999. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 90-71912-19-1.
- Majka . C.. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island. ZooKeys. 22. 267–283. 10.3897/zookeys.22.93. free.
- Schuh . Randall T.. Cassis . Gerasimos. Guilbert . Eric. 2006. Description of the first recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomorpha. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 114. 1–2. 38–53. 0028-7199. 10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[38:DOTFRM]2.0.CO;2.
- 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. 1365-3113. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.
- Book: Walker . Francis. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. 10.5962/bhl.title.9254. free.
- Weirauch . Christiane. Seltmann . Katja C.. Schuh . Randall T.. Schwartz . Michael D.. Johnson . Christine. Feist . Mary Ann. Soltis . Pamela S.. 4. 2017. Areas of endemism in the Nearctic: a case study of 1339 species of Miridae (Insecta: Hemiptera) and their plant hosts. Cladistics. 33. 3. 279–294. 10.1111/cla.12169. free.
Notes and References
- Web site: Isometopinae Subfamily Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-05.
- Web site: Isometopinae Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-03-05.
- Namyatova. Anna A. Cassis. Gerasimos. 2016-06-06. Review of the seven new species of Isometopinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Australia and discussion of distribution and host plant associations of the subfamily on a worldwide basis. Austral Entomology. en. 55. 4. 392–422. 10.1111/aen.12202. 2052-174X.