''Sahlbergella'' is a genus of African
bugs in the family
Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the ...
and
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
Dicyphini
''Dicyphini'' is a tribe of Heteroptera, bugs in the family Miridae.
Subtribes and Genera
The ''On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs'' includes: Subtribe Dicyphina
* ''Campyloneura'' Fieber, 1861
* ''Campyloneuropsis'' Poppius, 1914
* ''C ...
(subtribe Odoniellina).
Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where ''S. singularis'' is a major insect pest of
cacao: causing damage similar to ''
Distantiella
''Distantiella'' is a genus of African Heteroptera, 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 Tribe (biology), tribes Dicyphini or Mo ...
'' in tropical Africa and ''
Helopeltis'' spp. in SE Asia.
[Entwistle PF (1972) ''Pests of Cocoa'', Longmans, London, 779 pp]
Species
The
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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lists:
[Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Sahlbergella Haglund, 1895 (retrieved 9 November 2021)]
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# ''Sahlbergella ghesquierei
''Sahlbergella'' is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).
Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where ''S. singularis'' is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to ''Distan ...
'' Schouteden, 1935
# ''Sahlbergella lais
''Sahlbergella'' is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).
Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where ''S. singularis'' is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to ''Distan ...
'' Linnavuori, 1973
# ''Sahlbergella maynei
''Sahlbergella'' is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).
Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where ''S. singularis'' is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to ''Distan ...
'' Schouteden, 1935
# '' Sahlbergella singularis'' Haglund, 1895 - type species[Namyatova AA, Cassis G (2016) Systematics of the tribe Monaloniini ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', 176, 36–136.]
# '' Sahlbergella soror'' Schouteden, 1935
# '' Sahlbergella tai'' Schmitz, 1987
References
External links
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Miridae genera
Hemiptera of Africa