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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
| Family: | Malcidae Stål, 1865 |
Malcidae is a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 4 genera and more than 40 described species in Malcidae.[1][2][3]
Genera[edit]
These three genera belong to the family Malcidae:
- Chauliops Scott, 1874
- Malcus Stal, 1859
- Neochauliops Stys, 1963
- † Eochauliops Camier, Logghe, Nel & Garrouste, 2019
References[edit]
- ^ "Malcidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- ^ "Malcidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "family Malcidae Stål, 1865". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
Further reading[edit]
- Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.
- Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- Henry, Thomas J. (1997). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Family Groups within the Infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with Emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.