Oxycarenidae Explained

Oxycarenidae is a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are more than 20 genera and 140 described species in Oxycarenidae.

Genera

These 27 genera belong to the family Oxycarenidae:

• Anomaloptera Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Auchenodes Horvath, 1891
• Barberocoris Miller, 1956
• Bethylimorphus Lindberg, 1953
• Bianchiella Reuter, 1907
• Bogdiana Kerzhner, 1964
• Brachyplax Fieber, 1860
• Bycanistellus Reuter, 1890
• Camptotelus Fieber, 1860
• Crophius Stal, 1874
• Dycoderus Uhler, 1901
• Jakowleffia Puton, 1875
• Leptodemus Reuter, 1900
• Macroplax Fieber, 1860
• Macropternella Slater, 1957
• Mayana Distant, 1893
• Metopoplax Fieber, 1860
• Microplax Fieber, 1860
• Neaplax Slater, 1974
• Neocamptotelus Hoberlandt, 1987
• Neocrophius Henry & Dellapé, 2015
• Notocoderus Henry & Dellapé, 2009
• Oxycarenus Fieber, 1837
• Philomyrmex Sahlberg, 1848
• Tropidophlebia Kerzhner, 1964
• Urvaschia Hopp, 1987
• † Procrophius Scudder, 1890

Further reading

• Web site: 2019-06-19. 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.