Pilophorini Explained

Pilophorini is a tribe of plant bugs. The type genus is Pilophorus (Hahn, 1826). Schuh's analysis indicates that the Pilophorini originated in tropical Gondwanaland and subsequently spread into the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where they differentiated into the known genera.^[1]

Genera

Tribe Pilophorini Douglas & Scott, 1876

• Genus Alepidiella Poppius, 1914 - Eastern Nearctic
• Genus Aloea Linnavuori, 1975 - Africa, Middle East
• Genus Dilatops Weirauch, 2006 - Australia, Oceania
• Genus Druthmarus Distant, 1909 - Orient
• Genus Ethatractus Linnavuori, 1975 - Africa
• Genus Hypseloecus Reuter, 1891 - Paleotropics, Australia
• Genus Lasiolabops Poppius, 1914 - Paleotropics
• Genus Neoambonea Schuh, 1974 - Africa
• Genus Parambonea Schuh, 1974 - Africa
• Genus Parasthenaridea Miller, 1937 - Orient
• Genus Pherolepis Kulik, 1968 - Eastern Palearctic
• Genus Pilophorus Hahn, 1826 - Holarctic, Orient
• Genus Pseudambonea Schuh, 1974 - Africa
• Genus Randallophorus Henry, 2013 - Neotropics
• Genus Spinolosus Zou, 1985 - Orient
• Genus Sthenaridea Reuter, 1885 - Circumtropical

References

• Encyclopedia of Life entry
• Henry, Thomas J.. 2010. New Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) Records for West Virginia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 112. 4. 490–499. 10.4289/0013-8797.112.4.490.
• Menard, Katrina L. . Schuh, Randall T. . Woolley, James B. . amp . 2013. Total-evidence phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae), with the recognition of new tribes and subtribes and a redefinition of Phylini. Cladistics. 30 . 4 . 391–427 . 10.1111/cla.12052. free .
• Schuh, Randall T.. 1991. Phylogenetic, host and biogeographic analysis of the Pilophorini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Cladistics. 7. 2. 157–189. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1991.tb00030.x. free. 34929945 .
• Book: Schuh, Randall T. . Menard, Katrina L. . amp . 2013. A revised classification of the Phylinae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae): Arguments for the placement of genera. American Museum Novitates, no. 3785. New York. American Museum of Natural History. 861298407.
• Book: Yasunaga, Tomohide . Schuh, Randall T. . amp . 2013. Morphologically novel members of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn found in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). American Museum Novitates, No. 3768. New York. American Museum of Natural History.
• News: Zou, H. G.. 1983. A new genus and three new species of Pilophorini Reuter from China (Hemiptera: Miridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 8. 283–287. in Chinese with English descriptions of the new

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Notes and References

1. (Schuh, 1991)