Eur. J. Entomol. 90 (2): 105-122, 1993
The Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): an annotated outline of its systematics history
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A brief history of the systematic concept ''Pentatomomorpha'' is outlined. This infraorder of the hemipteran suborder Heteroptera comprises five superfamilies, under either of two arrangements. Under the first: Aradoidea, Pentatomoidea, Coreoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea, and Lygaeoidea; under the second: Aradoidea, Pentatomoidea, Coreoidea (including Coreoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea, and part of Lygaeoidea of the first arrangement), Idiostoloidea, and Piesmatoidea (these two removed from the Lygaeoidea of the first arrangement). The infraorder Cimicomorpha is probably the sister group of Pentatomomorpha, and Leptopodomorpha may be the sister group of both those two infraorders. The ancestor of the Coreoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea (first arrangement), and perhaps Pentatomoidea may have been lygaeoid-like. The taxonomic and phylogenetic position of the Aradoidea is obscure. The classification (to family level) of the Pentatomomorpha is tabulated.
Keywords: Phylogeny, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, classification, land bugs
Accepted: February 11, 1993; Published: June 25, 1993 Show citation
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