Cylapinae

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Cylapinae
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Cylapus tenuicornis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Cylapinae
Kirkaldy, 1903
Tribes

Cylapinae is a subfamily of plant bugs. Bugs in this group tend to forage actively on fungus covered rotten logs in humid tropical forests. [1]

Contents

Overview of genera

References

  1. Asunaga, T.Y. & S.M. Iyamoto (2006). "Second report on the Japanese cylapine plant bugs (Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Denisia. 19: 721–735.