Belongs within: Panheteroptera.
Contains: Pyrrhocoroidea, Coreidae, Alydidae.
The Coreoidea are a group of plant-feeding bugs, most species of which possess ocelli and a series of longitudinal accessory veins in the forewing membrane (Carver et al. 1991). Members of this group include the Berytidae, stilt bugs, extremely slender and long-legged bugs characterised by short and spindle-shaped apical segments on the antennae. The Colobathristidae are also slender and long-legged (albeit not as remarkably so as the Berytidae) with narrow wings that have the venation on the membrane reduced or absent. The Piesmatidae are small bugs with a reduced membrane on the hemelytra, with the pronotum and corium being densely punctate. The Hyocephalidae are a group of seed-eating bugs endemic to Australia characterised by the presence of ovoid, pore-bearing plates ventrolaterally at the base of the abdomen. Idiostolidae are flattened, ground-living bugs found only in Nothofagus forests of Australia and South America (Carver et al. 1991).
Characters (from Carver et al. 1991): Macropterous or brachypterous; brachypters with antennifers inserted dorsolaterally; ocelli present; membrane of hemelytron in macropters with at least 6 and usually many more longitudinal veins; S6 with 3 or fewer trichobothria on each side.
<==CoreoideaSP02 | i. s.: Heterogastridae [Heterogastrinae]SE03 | |--DinomachusMC13 | |--Woodwardothignus gracilisCGW91 | `--Heterogaster Schilling 1829SE03 | `--H. urticae (Fabricius 1775)SE03 |--+--ColobathristidaeYR12 | | |--DayakiellinaeSP02 | | `--Phenacantha [Colobathristinae]CGW91 | | |--P. australiaeCGW91 | | |--P. pacifica Horváth 1904K08 | | |--P. saccharicidaRD77 | | `--P. viridipennisYR12 | `--+--Berytidae [Berytinae, Neididae]YR12 | | |--Berytus clavipesH01 | | |--Xenoloma Harris 1943H96 | | |--Phaconotus Harris 1943H96 | | |--Protacanthus Uhler 1893D01 | | | `--P. haleiCGW91 | | |--Diabolonotus Henry 1996H96 | | | `--*D. pilosus Henry 1996H96 | | |--Oedalocanthus Henry 1996H96 | | | `--*O. ornatus Henry 1996H96 | | |--Metacanthus Costa 1848D01 | | | |--M. decorus (Uhler 1893) [=Protacanthus decorus; incl. M. capitatus Uhler 1894]D01 | | | `--M. plutoCGW91 | | |--NeidesCGW91 | | | |--N. clavipes [=Gerris clavipes]L02 | | | |--N. maipongaG75 | | | |--N. propinquus Horváth 1901H01 | | | `--N. tipulariusH01 [=Gerris tipulariusL02] | | `--Gampsocoris pulchellusYR12 | `--Malcus [Malcidae]YR12 | `--M. setosusYR12 `--+--PyrrhocoroideaYR12 `--+--IdiostoloideaYR12 | |--IdiostolidaeYR12 | | |--Idiostolus insularisYR12 | | |--Monteithocoris hirsutusCGW91 | | `--Trisecus pictusWEE70 | `--Pachymeridiidae [Hypocimicidae, Psychrocoridae, Sisyrocoridae]YR12 | |--Pachycoridium letum Popov 1986RJ93 | `--Beipiaocoris multifurcusYR12 `--+--+--CoreidaeYR12 | `--AlydidaeYR12 `--+--RhopalidaeYR12 | |--Liorhyssus hyalinusCGW91 | |--Rhopalus latusYR12 | |--Chorosoma macilentumRD77, H01 | |--MyrmusRD77 | | |--M. glabellus Horváth 1901H01 | | |--M. longiventrisH01 | | `--M. miriformisH01 | |--Leptocoris [Serinethinae]CGW91 | | |--L. augurK08 | | |--L. insularis Kirkaldy 1908K08 | | |--L. mitellatusCGW91 | | `--L. rufomarginatusCGW91 | `--Miracorizus punctatusYR12 `--+--StenocephalidaeCGW91 | |--Dicranocephalus setulosusYR12 | `--StenocephalusRD77 `--HyocephalidaeG75 |--Hyocephalus aprugnusYR12 `--Maevius indecorusCGW91
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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