Heterogastridae

Heterogastridae is a family of lygaeoid bugs consisting of about 20 genera and more than 100 species.[1][2]

Heterogastridae
Heterogaster urticae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Heterogastridae
Stål, 1872

The group has been considered a subfamily, tribe and subtribe, but most recently has been restored to family status.[3]

Genera

These 20 genera belong to the family Heterogastridae:[1][4]

  • Artemidorus Distant, 1903
  • Boccharis Distant, 1904
  • Depressignus Scudder, 1962
  • Dinomachellus Scudder, 1957
  • Dinomachus Distant, 1901
  • Eranchiellus Scudder, 1957
  • Heissothignus Slater & Brailovsky, 2006
  • Heterogaster Schilling, 1829
  • Hyginellus Distant, 1913
  • Hyginus Stal, 1859
  • Masoas Distant, 1906
  • Minigellus Scudder, 1962
  • Nerthus Distant, 1909
  • Parathyginus Scudder, 1957
  • Platyplax Fieber, 1860
  • Sadoletus Distant, 1904
  • Thyrothanus Scudder, 1957
  • Trinithignus Scudder, 1962
  • Walkothignus Scudder, 1968
  • Woodwardothignus Slater, 1981

References
  1. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "family Heterogastridae Stål, 1872". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. G. Cassis, Gordon F. Gross (2002). Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Australian Biological Resources Study. ISBN 9780643068759.
  3. Henry, T. J. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90: 275-301
  4. "Heterogastridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-19.


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