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A synopsis of the bryocorine tribes (Heteroptera : Miridae : Bryocorinae): key, diagnoses, hosts and distributional patterns

Fedor V. Konstantinov A C D , Anna A. Namyatova A B and Gerasimos Cassis B
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A Department of Entomology, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7–9, St Petersburg 199034, Russia.

B Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

C Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St Petersburg 199034, Russia.

D Corresponding author. Email: f.konstantinov@spbu.ru

Invertebrate Systematics 32(4) 866-891 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17087
Submitted: 16 November 2017  Accepted: 18 April 2018   Published: 16 August 2018

Abstract

The higher classification of the mirid subfamily Bryocorinae has received comparatively little attention. It is not highly species-rich in comparison with other mirid subfamilies but does exhibit extraordinary morphological heterogeneity. In this work we provide a synthesis of the subfamily on a global basis, providing a new key and updated diagnoses of supraspecific taxa. Five tribes are recognised: Bryocorini, Dicyphini, Eccritotarsini, Felisacini and Monaloniini. The genus Campyloneura Fieber is transferred from the tribe Dicyphini to the Eccritotarsini. Analysis of distributional patterns and a survey of host plant associations are provided. Available data on distribution of the main bryocorine lineages are summarised in tabular form and evaluated using UPGMA methods, and geographically structured patterns were detected. The synthesis will enable users to identify bryocorines to tribal level with confidence and provides a classificatory framework for future revisionary and phylogenetic studies.

Additional keywords: biogeography, host specificity, phylogeny, taxonomy.


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