Metacanthinae Explained

Metacanthinae is a subfamily of stilt bugs in the family Berytidae. There are about 12 genera and 80 described species in Metacanthinae.

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Metacanthinae:

• Cametanthus Stusak, 1967
• Capyella Breddin, 1907
• Dimorphoberytus Stusak, 1965
• Jalysus Stal, 1862
• Metacanthus Costa, 1847
• Metatropis Fieber, 1859
• Neostusakia Kment, Henry & Frýda, 2009
• Pneustocerus Horvath, 1905
• Tirybenus Stusak, 1964
• Triconulus Horvath, 1905
• Yemma Horvath, 1905
• Yemmalysus Stusak, 1972

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. 90-71912-21-3.
• Web site: 2019-01-11. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. 2013. Bantock . T.. Botting . J..
• Monograph of the Stilt Bugs, or Berytidae (Heteroptera), of the Western Hemisphere. 1997. Henry . Thomas J.. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington. 1–149. 0096-5839.
• 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. 275–301. 0013-8746. 10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.