Litadeini

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Litadeini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tingidae
Subfamily: Tinginae
Tribe: Litadeini
Drake and Ruhoff, 1965

Litadeini /ləteɪdini/ is a pan-tropical tribe of lace bugs. Thirteen genera have been recorded.

Physical traits

This tribe is unique among Tingidae in having the second tarsal segment wider than the first.

List of genera

References

Froeschner, R.C., 2001. Lace Bug Genera of the World, II: Subfamily Tinginae: tribes Litadeini and Ypsotingini (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 611.

Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world. (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 112 (3431): 1-105, 9 pls.

Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1965. Lace-bugs of the world: a catalogue. (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 243, 1-643.

http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/505/50500106.pdf