Micrelytrinae
Stål, 1868
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2- Micrelytrini
- Stenocoris(rice bugs)
Micrelytrinae is a of true bugs within the Alydidae, established by Stål in 1868 and based on the type Micrelytra. The subfamily comprises three tribes—Leptocorisini, Micrelytrini, and Noliphini—containing approximately 40 genera distributed across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. New World Micrelytrini have received recent taxonomic attention, including descriptions of new genera and from Ecuador.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Micrelytrinae: /ˌmɪk.rɛl.ɪˈtraɪniː/
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Identification
Micrelytrinae can be distinguished from other Alydidae by genitalic and external morphological characters used in tribal and generic keys. The Illustrated identification key to the of New World Micrelytrini provides diagnostic photographs of and lateral habitus, and in lateral view, and parameres for separating the 13 New World genera. Tribal assignment relies on combinations of head structure, pronotal shape, and male genitalia features.
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Distribution
Recorded from the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In the New World, distributed throughout the Neotropical Region with documented occurrences in Ecuador (type locality for Nepiomistus eximius and Protenoroides) and new distributional records for Esperanza texana and Protenor australis.
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Tribal classification
The contains three tribes: Leptocorisini (6 ), Micrelytrini (24 genera including the fossil genus †Orthriocorisa), and Noliphini (4 genera). The Coreoidea File serves as the authoritative reference for this classification.
Recent taxonomic revisions
The 2019 revision of New World Micrelytrini added two new (Nepiomistus and Protenoroides) and one new (Nepiomistus eximius), reallocated Protenor tropicalis to Protenoroides, and provided new distributional data for previously described species.