Ploiariolini Explained

Ploiariolini is a tribe of thread-legged bugs,^[1] comprising 16 genera and 142 described species.^[2] Ploiariolini has a worldwide distribution.

Partial list of genera

• Ademula McAtee & Malloch, 1926
• Bironiola Horváth, 1914
• Calphurniella Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Calphurnioides Distant, 1913
• Ctydinna Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Diabolicoris Wall & Cassis, 2003
• Emesopsis Uhler, 1983
• Empicoris Wolff, 1811
• Hybomatocoris Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Malacopus Stål, 1858
• Mesosepis Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Nesidiolestes Kirkaldy, 1902
• Panamia Kirkaldy, 1907
• Saicella Usinger, 1958
• Sepimesos Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Tridemula Horváth, 1914

Notes and References

1. A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insect: Hempitera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution and diagnostic morphological characteristics . Dunston Ambrose . Zoos' Print Journal . 21 . 9 . 2406 . 2006.
2. A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) . Nikolae J. Tatarnic . Michael A. Wall . Gerasimos Cassis . amp . Zootaxa . 2762 . 1–30 . 2011.