Leucophoropterini is a tribe of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 20 genera and over 100 species in Leucophoropterini. Most species of this tribe are found in eastern Asia and Australia, with a single genus, Tuxedo, found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Leucophoropterini
Ausejanus albisignatus, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Phylinae
Tribe: Leucophoropterini
Schuh, 1974
Subtribes

Leucophoropterina Schuh, 1974
Tuxedoina Schuh & Menard, 2013

Genera

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These 26 genera belong to the tribe Leucophoropterini:

Subtribe Leucophoropterina Schuh, 1974
Abuyogocoris Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Aitkenia Carvalho & Gross, 1982 - Australia
Arafuramiris Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia, Australia
Ausejanus Menard & Schuh, 2011 - Australia, New Zealand
Austrodapus Menard & Schuh, 2011 - Australia
Biromiris Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia, Australia
Blesingia Carvalho & Gross, 1982 - eastern Asia, Australia
Collessicoris Carvalho & Gross, 1982 - Australia
Ctypomiris Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Gulacapsus Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia, Australia
Johnstonsonius Menard & Schuh, 2011 - eastern Asia
Leucophoroptera Poppius, 1921 - Australia
Missanos Menard & Schuh, 2011 - eastern Asia
Neaitkenia Menard & Schuh, 2011 - Australia
Neoleucophoroptera Menard & Schuh, 2011 - eastern Asia
Papuamimus Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Papuamiroides Menard & Schuh, 2011 - eastern Asia
Pseudohallodapocoris Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Sejanus Distant, 1910 - eastern Asia, Australia
Solomonomimus Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Transleucophoroptera Menard & Schuh, 2011 - eastern Asia
Trichocephalocapsus Schuh, 1984 - eastern Asia
Waterhouseana Carvalho, 1973 - eastern Asia
Subtribe Tuxedoina Schuh & Menard, 2013
Ephippiocoris Poppius, 1912 - Palearctic
Pseudophylus Yasunaga, 1999 - Palearctic
Tuxedo Schuh, 2001 - western North America

References

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  1. ^ "Leucophoropterini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  2. ^ Schuh, Randall T.; Menard, Katrina L. (2013). "A Revised Classification of the Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): Arguments for the Placement of Genera". American Museum Novitates (3785): 1–72. doi:10.1206/3785.2. hdl:2246/6451. S2CID 85911892.
  3. ^ Menard, Katrina L.; Schuh, Randall T.; Woolley, James B. (2013). "Total-evidence phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae), with the recognition of new tribes and subtribes and a redefinition of Phylini". Cladistics. 30 (4): 391–427. doi:10.1111/cla.12052. PMID 34788969.
  4. ^ Yasunaga, Tomo; Duwal, Ram (2021). "Taxonomic review of phyline tribe Leucophoropterini in Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)". Heteropterus Revista de Entomología. 21 (1).