Lasiochilinae Explained

Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae".^[1] It is most diverse in tropical areas, especially in the New World.^[2]

Tribes and genera

BioLib includes:

tribe Lasiochilini Carayon, 1972

1. Lasiochilus Reuter, 1871
2. Plochiocoris Champion, 1900

incertae sedis

1. Eusolenophora Poppius, 1909
2. Lasiellidea Reuter, 1895
3. Lasiocolpus Reuter, 1884
4. Oplobates Reuter, 1895
5. 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^{[3] [4]} but not others.^[5]

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.

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.1.1.498.8756. 85422423.
2. Schuh . Randall T. . Štys . Pavel . 1991 . Phylogenetic Analysis of Cimicomorphan Family Relationships (Heteroptera) . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 99 . 298––350.
3. Jung . Sung Hoon . Lee . Seunghwan . 2007 . New Record of the Family Lasiochilidae Carayon, 1972 (Hemiptera: Cimicoidea) from the Korean Peninsula, with Re-Description of Lasiochilus (Dilasia) japonicus from Jeju Island . Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology . en . 10 . 1 . 5–11 . 10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60323-4.
4. Ballal . Chandish R. . Akbar . Shahid Ali . Yamada . Kazutaka . Wachkoo . Aijaz Ahmad . Varshney . Richa . 2018 . Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae) . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 58 . 1 . 207–226 . 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0018. free .
5. Carpintero . Diego Leonardo . 2014-10-06 . Western Hemisphere Lasiochilinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) with comments on some extralimital species and some considerations on suprageneric relationships . Zootaxa . 3871 . 1 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3871.1.1 . 1175-5334.