Malcidae Explained

Malcidae is a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 4 genera and more than 40 described species in Malcidae.

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Malcidae:

• Chauliops Scott, 1874
• Malcus Stal, 1859
• Neochauliops Stys, 1963
• † Eochauliops Camier, Logghe, Nel & Garrouste, 2019

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. 2001. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-21-4.
• Web site: 2019-05-24. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. 2013. Bantock . T.. Botting . J..
• Phylogenetic Analysis of Family Groups within the Infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with Emphasis on the Lygaeoidea. 1997. Henry . Thomas J.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90. 3. 275–301. 10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.