Plokiophilidae
| Plokiophilidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Cimicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cimicoidea |
| Family: | Plokiophilidae China, 1953 |
The Plokiophilidae or web-lovers are a small group of insects belonging to the true bugs (Heteroptera). Nine genera (one fossil, from Baltic amber) and 20 species are currently known. They tend to inhabit the webs of spiders or Embioptera, hence the common name. [1][2]
Plokiophilidae are small (1.2-3.0 mm length) and vaguely similar to Anthocoridae.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Luo, Jiuyang; Peng, Yanqiong; Xie, Qiang (2021). "First record of the cimicomorphan family Plokiophilidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from China, with description of a new species of Plokiophiloides". ZooKeys (1021): 145–157. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1021..145L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1021.56599. PMC 7954777. PMID 33746530.
- ^ Schuh, Randall; Štys, Pavel; Cassis, Gerasimos; Lehnert, Margaret; Swanson, Dustin; Bruce, Terri (2015). "New Genera and Species of Plokiophilidae from Australia, Fiji, and Southeast Asia, with a Revised Classification of the Family (Insecta: Heteroptera: Cimicoidea)". American Museum Novitates (3825): 1–24. doi:10.1206/3825.1.