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Litadeini

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Litadeini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tingidae
Subfamily: Tinginae
Tribe: Litadeini
Drake and Ruhoff, 1965

Litadeini /ləteɪdini/ is a pan-tropical tribe of lace bugs. Thirteen genera have been recorded.

Physical traits

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This tribe is unique among Tingidae in having the second tarsal segment wider than the first.

List of genera

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References

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Froeschner, R.C., 2001. Lace Bug Genera of the World, II: Subfamily Tinginae: tribes Litadeini and Ypsotingini (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 611.

Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world. (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 112 (3431): 1-105, 9 pls.

Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1965. Lace-bugs of the world: a catalogue. (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 243, 1-643.

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