| Micrelytrinae | |
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| Micrelytra fossularum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Coreoidea |
| Family: | Alydidae |
| Subfamily: | Micrelytrinae Stål, 1868 |
The Micrelytrinae [1] are a subfamily of true bugs in the family Alydidae, based on the type genus Micrelytra Laporte, 1833. Genera are recorded from the Americas, Europe and Asia. [2]
The Coreoidea Species File [2] lists three tribes:
Auth.: Stål, 1872 (synonym Leptocorisaria Stål)
Auth.: Stål, 1868
Auth.: Ahmad, 1965
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