Rhyparochromidae
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursRhyparochromidae are small and generally brown or mottled. The fore femora are often enlarged.
The name Rhyparochromidae comes from the Greek words rhyparos, meaning "dirt", and chromus, meaning "color".
The Rhyparochromidae were previously classified as a subfamily of Lygaeidae.
Subfamilies and Tribes
The family Rhyparochromidae has two subfamilies, Plinthisinae with only 2 genera, and Rhyparochrominae with more than 400 genera in 14 tribes:
- Antillocorini
- Cleradini
- Drymini
- Gonianotini
- Lethaeini
- Lilliputocorini
- Megalonotini
- Myodochini
- Ozophorini
- Phasmosomini
- Rhyparochromini
- Stygnocorini
- Targaremini
- Udeocorini
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