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family Heterogastridae

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (68):
  • Stal, C. 1862. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh. >> Note: Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh. 19: 211 || (des.; keyed)
  • Douglas, J.W. & J. Scott. 1865. The British Hemiptera Vol. xii + 627 pp >> Note: Brit. Hem. Het. p. 21, 221 || (des.)
  • Scott, J. 1870. Stettin. Entomol. Ztg. >> Note: Stett. Ent. Zeit. 31: 98 || (1st.)
  • Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V.:151-152 >> Note: Cat. Hem. Het. B. M. 5: 26 || (1st.)
  • Stal, C. 1872. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh. 29:37-62 >> Note: Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh. 29: 40, 62 || (des.; keyed; key gen.)
  • Stal, C. 1874. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl 12(1):1-186   >> Note: Enum. Hem. 4: 168 || (key gen.)
  • Horvath, G. 1875. Monographia Lygaeidarum Hungariae. Budapest pp. >> Note: Monog. Lyg. Hung. p. 98 || (des.; key gen.)
  • Douglas, J.W. & J. Scott. 1876. A catalogue of British Hemiptera. London: Alex Napier (and Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer). >> Note: Cat. Brit. Hem. p. 19 || (1st.)
  • Puton, A. 1879. Synopsis des Hemipteres-Heteropteres de France de la famille des Lygaeides. Mem. Soc. Sci. Lille >> Note: Mem. Soc. Sci. Agr. Lille (4): 6: 280, 300 || (keyed; key gen.) (also 1878: Synops.)
  • Reuter. 1882. >> Note: Ent. Tidskr. 2: 73 || (key gen.; des.)
  • Berg, C. 1884. Addenda et emendanda ad Hemiptera Argentina. Bonariae: Pauli E. Coni pp. 60 >> Note: (syn.)
  • Puton, A. 1886. Catalogue des Hemipteres de la faune Palearctique (Heteropteres, Cicadines et Psyllides) >> Note: Cat. Pal. Hem. 3 ed. p. 23 || (1st.)
  • Saunders, E. 1892. The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands. London: L. Reeve & Co. >> Note: Hem. Het. Brit. Is. p. 78 || (1st.)
  • Distant, W.L. 1893. In: Goodman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. 411 >> Note: (distr.)
  • Lethierry & G. Severin. 1894. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique. II >> Note: Gen. Cat. Hem. 2: 176 || (1st.)
  • Acloque. 1897. Faune de France. Paris: J. B. Baelliere et fils. >> Note: Fn. France p. 373 || (key gen.)
  • Jonck. 1899. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. >> Note: Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 43: 12 || (key gen.)
  • Puton, A. 1899. Catalogue des Hemipteres (Heteropteres, Cicadines & Psyllides) de la faune palearctique. >> Note: Cat. Pal. Hem. 4 ed. p. 28 || (1st.)
  • Distant, W.L. 1904. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp. 1-503 >> Note: Fn. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. 2: 35 || (des.; key gen.)
  • Guerin, J. & Peneau. 1905. Faune entomologique amoricaine. Hemipteres. Bull. Soc. Sci. med. Ouest (Supp.) 5:1-84 >> Note: Supp. Bull. Soc. Sci. l'Ouest France 5: 7, 33-4 || (keyed; key gen.)
  • Oshanin. 1906. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. St. Petersburg: Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1(1):1-392 >> Note: Verz. Pal. Hem. 1: 289 || (1st.)
  • Distant, W.L. 1910. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma. Rhynchota Vol. V. Heteroptera: Appendix 362 pp.   >> Note: Fn. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. 5: 34 || (Chauliopinae as syn.)
  • Horvath, G. 1911. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. >> Note: Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 55: 33 || (disc. characters)
  • Oshanin. 1912. Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi + 187 pp. >> Note: Kat. Pal. Hem. p. 31 || (1st.)
  • Van Duzee, E.P. 1916. Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico. New York: N. Y. Ent. Soc. i-x, 1-111 >> Note: Checklist N. Am. Hem. p. 20 || (1st.)
  • Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. University of California Publications in Entomology 902 pp. >> Note: Cat. N. Am. Hem. p. 172 || (1st.)
  • Sahlberg, J. 1920. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk. >> Note: Bidr. Finlands Nat. Folk 79: 2: 58 || (1st.)
  • Bergroth, E. 1921. Ent. mon. Mag. >> Note: Ent. Mo. Mag. (3): 7: 113 || (disc. characters)
  • Bianki & A.N. Kiritshenko. 1923. Handbook of practical studies in entomology. 4(67):1-320 >> Note: Pract. Ent. 4: 67: 57, 66 || (keyed; key gen.)
  • Butler, E.A. 1923. A biology of the British Hemiptera Heteroptera. London: H. F. & G. Witherby. >> Note: Biol. Hem. Het. p. 150 || (1st.)
  • Handlirsch. 1925. Handbuch der Entomologie. Band III, Geschichte, literatur, technik, palaontologie, phylogenie, systematik. Jena: G. Fisher pp. >> Note: Hand. Ent. 3: 1073 || (syn.; des. nts.; in tribe Geocorinae)
  • Singh-Pruthi. 1925. >> Note: Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 159 || (male genit.)
  • Seabra, A.F. & de. 1930. Lygaeidae:Sinopse dos Hemipteros Heteropteros de Portugal. Mem. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra 1 1(6):245-372 >> Note: Sin. Hem. Het. Portugal 1: 1: 6: 280-1 || (des.; key gen.; fig.-wing, leg)
  • Hutchinson. 1934. Mem. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. >> Note: Mem. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 10: 133-4 || (spiracles)
  • Stichel, W. 1935. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Deutschen Wanzen.(Hemiptera-Heteroptera) Lief. 12:331-362 >> Note: Ill. Bst. Deut. Wanz. 3: 71 || (key gen.)
  • Gulde, J. 1936. Die Wanzen Mitteleuropas. Hemiptera Heteroptera Mitteleuropas. Frankfurt a. M. Teil II; >> Note: Wanz. Mitteleur. 5: 1: 65-6 || (des.; distr. nt.; key gen.)
  • Hedicke, H. 1942. Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas (Insekten) 4 3(1):Sect.X:14-113 >> Note: Tier. Mitteleur 4: 3: 1: 81, 84-5 || (keyed; key gen.)
  • China, W.E. 1943. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 1943(8):211-342 >> Note: Gen. Names Brit. Ins. 8: 238, 289 || (1st.)
  • Torre-Bueno, J.R. 1946. Ent. Amer. 26:1-141 >> Note: Ent. Am. 26: 50-1 || (key gen.)
  • Barber, H.G. 1947. Mem. Soc. cubana Hist. nat. 19:55-75 >> Note: Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. 19: 75 || (distr.)
  • Kiritshenko, A.N. 1951. Opred. Faune SSSR 42:1-423 >> Note: Opred. Fn. SSSR 42: 261 || (keyed)
  • China, W.E. & Miller. 1955. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(8):257-67 >> Note: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12): 8: 260 || (dates; syn.)
  • Putshkova, L.V. 1956. Ent. Obozr. 35:262-84 >> Note: Ent. Obozr. 35: 272 || (egg des., type; fp.; feeding hbts.; secretions)
  • Miller. 1956. The biology of the Heteroptera. London: Leonard Hill (Books) Limited pp. 1-162 >> Note: Biol. Hem. Het. p. 5, 64 || (des. nt.; syn.) (treats Chauliopinae as syn., and pg. 62 as separate)
  • Gomez-Menor, J. 1956. Las tribus de Hemipteros de Espana. Trab. Inst. esp. Ent. 1956:1-146 >> Note: Trab. Inst. Espan. Ent. p. 68 || (des.; keyed)
  • Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. Opusc. Ent. 22:161-183 >> Note: Opusc. Ent. 22: 161-2 || (key gen.)
  • Ashlock, P.D. 1957. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 50:407-426 >> Note: Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 50: 419 || (phallus-des.; phylog.)
  • Slater, J.A. & Hurlbutt. 1957. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 59(2):67-79 >> Note: Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 59: 71, 75, 77 || (hind wing venat.; phylog.)
  • Stichel, W. 1958. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol. 4 >> Note: Ill. Bst. Eur. Wanz. II: 4: 2: 61 || (keyed) (and 1958 II: 4: 4: 133 (key gen.))
  • Putshkov, V.G. 1958. Rev. Ent. URSS 37(2):392-413 >> Note: Rev. Ent. URSS 37(2): 404-5, 410-11 || (des. nymph, eggs; nymph keyed; fp.)
  • Scudder, G.G.E. 1959. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 111:405-467 >> Note: Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 111: 419-20 || (ovipositor)
  • China, W.E. & Miller. 1959. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 8(1):1-45 >> Note: Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 8: (1): 7, 42 || (keyed; syn.)
  • Putshkov, V.G. 1959. Akad. Nauk Ukrain. RsR. N.(N.1):98-100 >> Note: Akad. Nauk. Ukrain. Rs. R. 1: 98-100 || (disc. nymphs; key spp. nymphs)
  • Southwood & Leston. 1959. Land and water bugs of the British Isles i-xi. 1-436 >> Note: Land Wt. Bugs Brit. Is. p. 78-79 || (des.; keyed; key spp.)
  • Slater, J.A. & W.E. China. 1961. Bull. zool. Nom. 18(5):349-50 >> Note: Bull. Zool. Nomen. 18: (5): 349 || (Appeal for placement on Official List; syn.)
  • Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 739-740, 1510
  • Ashlock, P.D. & A. Slater. 1988. In Henry & Froeschner. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. 188
  • Slater, J.A. & J.E. O'Donnell. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world 83
  • Henry. 1997. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 90(3):296   >> Note: New family status
  • Péricart. 1999. Faune de France, France et régions limitrophes. 84A, 419-420 >> Note: Description. Ecology. Distribution. Key to genera [as subfamily of Lygaeidae]
  • Pericart, J. 2001. In Aukema & Rieger [Ed.]. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region. Volume 4. Pentatomomorpha I. The Netherland Entomological Society 4:101 >> Note: [as subfamily of Lygaeidae]
  • Cassis & G.F. Gross. 2002. In Houston & A. Wells. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 27.3B:205-206
  • Slater, J.A. & H. Brailovsky. 2006. Denisia 19:647
  • Henry. 2009. In Foottit & Adler. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 226, 243
  • Henry, P. M. Dellapé & A. S. de Paula. 2015. True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics 477-478
  • Kondorosy, Elod & Kóbor. 2016. Ent. Amer. 122(1-2):72-73
  • Gao, C. & Rédei. 2017. Zootaxa 4237(2):300
  • Ban. 2018. Zootaxa 4446(1):52 >> Note: Key to genera of Heterogastridae from Laos, Thailand and and adjoining countries
• Type genus information not available

• genus Artemidorus Distant, 1903
• species myrmecodes Bergroth, 1918
• species noctis Distant, 1903
• species ornatus Distant, 1903
• species pressus Distant, 1903
• species sobrinus Distant, 1903
• genus Boccharis Distant, 1904
• species indicus Mukhopadhyay, 1980
• species significatus Distant, 1904
• genus Depressignus Scudder, 1962
• species browni Scudder, 1962
• genus Dinomachellus Scudder, 1957
• species maculatus Scudder, 1957
• species nigritus Scudder, 1957
• genus Dinomachus Distant, 1901
• species aksiokhe Linnavuori, 1993
• species australis (Carpenter, 1891)
• species bengalensis Mukhopadhyay, 1988
• species capeneri Scudder, 1957
• species clypealis Linnavuori, 1978
• species elegans Scudder, 1957
• species fusus Distant, 1908
• species grandis Scudder, 1957
• species indicus Distant, 1909
• species majusculus Scudder, 1957
• species marshalli Distant, 1901
• species nanus Scudder, 1957
• species natalensis Scudder, 1957
• species perplexus Scudder, 1971
• species pseudelegans Scudder, 1971
• species reidi Scudder, 1957
• species rhacinus Distant, 1906
• species ruandanus Schouteden, 1957
• species scorteccii Mancini, 1964
• species sikhimensis Distant, 1904
• species stuckenbergi Slater, 1971
• species superbus Scudder, 1957
• genus Eranchiellus Scudder, 1957
• species pongoensis Linnavuori, 1978
• species signandus Scudder, 1957
• species slateri Scudder, 1957
• genus Heterogaster Schilling, 1829
• nomen nudum pictus Curtis, 1837
• species affinis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835
• species †antiqua Heer, 1853
• species artemisiae Schilling, 1829
• species behrensii (Uhler, 1876)
• species †breviscutatus Theobald, 1937
• species canariensis Lindberg, 1960
• species cathariae (Geoffroy, 1785)
• species chinensis Zou & Zheng, 1981
• species cymoides Walker, 1872
• species distincta Jakovlev, 1881
• species †famosa Forster *, 1891
• species flavicosta Barber, 1939
• species muscorum Gistl, 1837
• species nasuta Horvath, 1895
• species parens Jakovlev, 1902
• species †pumilio Heer, 1853
• species †radobojana Heer, 1853
• species †rediviva Heer, 1853
• species †tristis Heer *, 1865
• species †troglodytes Heer, 1853
• species urticae (Fabricius, 1775)
• genus Hyginellus Distant, 1913
• synonym Heteropynellus Scudder, 1962
• species gayei Distant, 1913
• species impunctatus Kondorosy, 2016
• species linnavuorii Kondorosy, 2016
• species ornatus Kondorosy, 2016
• species scudderi Kondorosy, 2016
• species tropicus (Scudder, 1962)
• genus Hyginus Stal, 1859
• species africanus Schouteden, 1957
• species auricomus Bergroth, 1894
• species divisus (Walker, 1872)
• species guinensis Scudder, 1959
• species kinbergi (Stal, 1859)
• genus Masoas Distant, 1906
• synonym Tamasanka Distant, 1906
• species grandis Scudder, 1962
• species koronis Linnavuori, 1974
• species limbata (Distant, 1906)
• species montisignis Deckert, 2000
• species subtilis Linnavuori, 1974
• species transvaaliensis Distant, 1906
• genus Minigellus Scudder, 1962
• species cheesmani Scudder, 1962
• genus Nerthus Distant, 1909
• species dudgeoni Distant, 1909
• species kempi Paiva, 1919
• species taivanicus (Bergroth, 1914)
• genus Parasadoletus Malipatil, 2020
• species exsertus Malipatil, 2020
• genus Parathyginus Scudder, 1957
• species acuminatus Malipatil, 2021
• species annulicornis (Horvath, 1908)
• species australis Malipatil, 2021
• species comis (Horvath, 1908)
• species kurandae (Distant, 1918)
• species lugens (Horvath, 1908)
• species signifer (Walker, 1872)
• genus Platyplax Fieber, 1860
• nomen nudum fuscata Costa, 1888
• species inermis (Rambur, 1839)
• species salviae (Schilling, 1829)
• genus Sadoletus Distant, 1904
• synonym Equatobursa Zou, 1985
• species abathonotus Gao & Malipatil, 2019
• species alphus Gao & Malipatil, 2019
• species bakeri Bergroth, 1918
• species biprotuberans Gao & Malipatil, 2019
• species corvus Distant, 1908
• species izzardi Hidaka, 1959
• species laosensis Ban, 2018
• species melasmus Ban, 2018
• species montanellus Bergroth, 1918
• species montivagus Bergroth, 1918
• species pallescens Distant, 1909
• species planus Gao & Malipatil, 2019
• species ryukyuensis Ban & Ishikawa, 2013
• species subpellucidus Ban, 2018
• species valdezi Bergroth, 1918
• species validus Distant, 1904
• species variabilis Gao & Malipatil, 2019
• species voluptarius Bergroth, 1918
• species vulvatus Bergroth, 1918
• genus Thyrothanus Scudder, 1957
• species niger Scudder, 1957
• genus Trinithignus Scudder, 1962
• species brevirostris Scudder, 1962
• species manto Linnavuori, 1993
• species natalensis Slater, 1971
• genus Walkothignus Scudder, 1968
• species strictus (Walker, 1872)
• genus Woodwardothignus Slater, 1981
• species gracilis Slater, 1981

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