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Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) of the world
A systematic revision, redescription and a first generic conspectus on a worldwide basis of the scarcely studied
plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) is given. This reclassification is of great
significance to agriculture as some monaloniines are major pests of cocoa, cashew, tea and other foodplants. A key
to genera is given, as well as generic diagnoses and descriptions, photographs, scanning electron micrographs,
illustration of male and female genitalia, host plant information and distributional maps. This reclassification is
based on a phylogenetic analysis of external and genitalic characters, with 118 species and 32 genera codified.
The phylogenetic analysis resulted in the recognition of a monophyletic Monaloniini, and strongly supported nonmonophyly of the previously recognized subtribes Monaloniina and Odoniellina, resulting in the rejection of a formal subtribal classification for the tribe. The following new synonymy is recognized: Boxia (= Boxiopsis syn. nov.),Chamus (= Chamopsis syn. nov., Parachamus syn. nov.), Volkeliopsis (= Mircarvalhoia syn. nov.), Platyngomiris
(= Platyngomiriodes syn. nov.), Platyngomiris coreoides (= Platyngomiriodes apliformis syn. nov.), Lycidocoris
(= Pantilioforma syn. nov.). Afropeltis is raised to full generic status. Onconotellus and Pachypeltopsis are transferred to the Orthotylinae and Deraeocorinae, respectively. Volkeliopsis mindanao sp. nov. is described as new
to science.
ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: apomorphy – classification – distribution – identification key – Insecta – morphology
– phylogeny – tropical – revision.
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