Tingini


Tingini is a tribe of lace bugs in the family Tingidae. There are at least 250 genera and 2,400 described species in Tingini.
ITIS Taxonomic notes:
  • The family-group name Tingidae is attributed to Laporte, but the year is variously given as 1831 to 1833. At the superfamily rank there is a potential priority conflict between Tingoidea Laporte and Miroidea Hahn, as the family group name Miridae is attributed to Hahn, and is variously dated to 1831 to 1833, as well. Until this issue is resolved, ITIS will follow the common practice of using Miroidea over Tingoidea, and will leave the various family-group names without authorship.
  • Note that per ICZN Opinion 143, the family name is Tingidae, so the stem is Ting-, and the correctly formed tribe name would be Tingini.

Selected genera

An incomplete list of Tingini genera includes:Abdastartus Distant, 1910Acalypta Westwood, 1840Acanthocheila Stål, 1858Aeopelys Drake and Ruhoff, 1965Agramma Stephens, 1829Atheas Champion, 1898Bako Schouteden, 1923Belenus Distant, 1909Bunia Schouteden, 1955Calotingis Drake, 1918Campylosteira Fieber, 1844Catoplatus Spinola, 1837Corythucha Stål, 1873Derephysia Spinola, 1837Diconocoris Mayr, 1865Dictyla Stål, 1874Dictyonota Curtis, 1827Kalama Puton in Lethierry and Puton, 1876Lasiacantha Stål, 1873Oncochila Stål, 1873Physatocheila Fieber, 1844Sinuessa Horváth, 1910Stephanitis Stål, 1873Parada Horváth, 1925Teleonemia Costa, 1864Tigava Stål, 1858Tingis Fabricius, 1803Vatiga Drake & Hambleton, 1946