Miroidea

Miroidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea

Miroidea is a superfamily of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 4,800 described species in Miroidea.[1][2]

Taxonomic note:

  • The family-group name Miridae is attributed to Hahn, but the year is variously given as 1831 to 1833. At the superfamily rank there is a potential priority conflict between Miroidea Hahn (1831-1833?) and Tingoidea Laporte (1831-1833?), as the family group name Tingidae, attributed to Laporte, is variously dated to 1831 to 1833, as well. Until this issue is resolved, ITIS will follow the common practice of using Miroidea over Tingoidea, and will leave the various family-group names (ranked from tribe to superfamily, see Principle of Coordination) without authorship.[2]

Families

  • †Ebboidae Perrichot et al., 2006
  • †Hispanocaderidae Golub and Popov, 2012
  • †Ignotingidae Zhang et al., 2005
  • Miridae (plant bugs)
  • Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1908
  • Tingidae (lace bugs)

References

  1. ↑ "Miroidea Superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. 1 2 "Miroidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

  • McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World, 192.
  • Schuh, Randall T., Christiane Weirauch, and Ward C. Wheeler (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology, vol. 34, no. 1, 15-48.
  • Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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