Henicocoris
| Henicocoris | |
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| Henicocoris monteithi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Idiostoloidea |
| Family: | Henicocoridae Woodward, 1968 |
| Genus: | Henicocoris Woodward, 1968 |
| Species: | H. monteithi
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| Binomial name | |
| Henicocoris monteithi Woodward, 1968[1]
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Henicocoridae is a monotypic family of plant bugs created for the genus Henicocoris with the sole species Henicocoris monteithi. It was initially treated as a subfamily Henicocorinae under the Lygaeidae for the new genus Henicoris described in 1968 on the basis of a specimen collected in Queensland, Australia. It was later elevated to family rank and phylogenetic studies place it as a sister of the family Idiostolidae and is placed under the superorder Idiostoloidea within the Pentatomomorpha.[2]
Bugs in the family have an elongate ovoid outline and the head has ocelli. They have a four-segmented antenna and have three tarsal segments. The species was found in rainforest in Queensland, running actively on the ground at night. It lacks well-developed hindwings. The spiracles are ventrally placed.[3]
References
- ^ Woodward, T.E. (1968). "A new subfamily of Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) from Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 37: 125–132. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1968.tb00210.x.
- ^ Zhang, Danli; Chen, XiaoYan; Yang, Jingjing; Yi, Wenbo; Xie, Qiang; Yang, HuanHuan; Sweet, Merrill H.; Bu, Wenjun; Li, Teng (2024). "Phylogenetic placement and comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of Idiostoloidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". Ecology and Evolution. 14 (5). doi:10.1002/ece3.11328. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 11063732. PMID 38698924.
- ^ "Henicocoridae". Australian Faunal Directory.