Distantiella

Distantiella[1] is a genus of African bugs, of the family Miridae or "capsids", named after William Lucas Distant. This genus is placed in the subtribe Odoniellina: which has been included in tribes Dicyphini or Monaloniini.[2]

Distantiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Bryocorinae
Tribe: Dicyphini
Subtribe: Odoniellina
Genus: Distantiella
China, 1944

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[3][2]

  1. Distantiella collarti (Schouteden, 1935)
  2. Distantiella theobroma (Distant, 1909) - type species (as Sahlbergella theobroma Distant)

Description, distribution and importance

Species of Distantiella are very similar to each other externally and the genus is most similar to Sahlbergella: the latter genus differs in hind tibia have "regular setation" as opposed to dense setatition in this genus.[2]

Both species are distributed in Tropical Africa and their host plants are known to include various species of Malvaceae and Citrus spp. D. theobroma is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to Sahlbergella singularis in tropical Africa and Helopeltis spp. in SE Asia.[4]

References
  1. China WE (1944) Bull. Ent. Res., 35.
  2. Namyatova AA, Cassis G (2016) Systematics of the tribe Monaloniini Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, 36–136.
  3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Distantiella China, 1944 (retrieved 9 November 2021)
  4. Entwistle PF (1972) Pests of Cocoa, Longmans, London, 779 pp.
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