Orsillinae is a subfamily of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are at least 110 described species in Orsillinae;[1][2] the type genus is Orsillus.

Orsillinae
Hemidiptera haeckeli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Orsillinae
Stål, 1872

Tribes and genera

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The Lygaeoidea Species File[3] includes four tribes:

Lepionysiini

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  1. Lepionysius Ashlock, 1967 - Australia

Metrargini

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Neotropical and Pacific islands

  1. Balionysius Ashlock, 1967
  2. Coleonysius Ashlock, 1967
  3. Cuyonysius Dellapé & Henry, 2020
  4. Darwinysius Ashlock, 1967
  5. Glyptonysius Usinger, 1942
  6. Metrarga White, 1878
  7. Neseis Kirkaldy, 1910
  8. Nesoclimacias Kirkaldy, 1908
  9. Nesocryptias Kirkaldy, 1908
  10. Oceanides Kirkaldy, 1910
  11. Robinsonocoris Kormilev, 1952
  12. Xyonysius Ashlock & Lattin, 1963

Nysiini

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  1. Lepiorsillus Malipatil, 1979
  2. Nesomartis Kirkaldy, 1907
  3. Nithecus Horvath, 1890
  4. Nysius Dallas, 1852 (false chinch bugs)
  5. Oreonysius Usinger, 1952
  6. Reticulatonysius Malipatil, 2005
  7. Rhypodes Stal, 1868

Orsillini

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  1. Aborsillus Barber, 1954
  2. Austronysius Ashlock, 1967
  3. Belonochilus Uhler, 1871
  4. Camptocoris Puton, 1886
  5. Eurynysius Ashlock, 1967
  6. Hyalonysius Slater, 1962
  7. Neortholomus Hamilton, 1983
  8. Orsillus Dallas, 1852
  9. Ortholomus Stal, 1872
  10. Sinorsillus Usinger, 1938

References

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  1. ^ "Orsillinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Orsillinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Lygaeoidea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 April 2023)
  • Henry, Thomas 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, vol. 90, no. 3, 275–301.
  • 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

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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