Deraeocorinae, Douglas & Scott, 1865

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 236-237

Key to Tribes of Deraeocorinae

1 Head elongated and pointed apically; eyes wide and located far away from the basal angle of the head....... Termatophylini

- Head not elongated, eyes located near basal angle of head...................................................... 2

2 Pronotum with a prominent impressed line running from the anterolateral corner to the calli margin, occasionally punctate........................................................................................... Clivinematini *

- No prominent impressed line on the pronotum.............................................................. 3

3 Hemelytra hyaline or nearly so; embolium broad; males and females with an elongate anal tube.............. Hyaliodini *

- Hemelytra not hyaline; embolium narrow; males and females without an elongate anal tube.......................... 4

4 Ant mimetic species with linear antennal segments; vertex low, generally punctate; male vesica with two membranous lobes apically.................................................................................... Surinamellini

- Not an ant mimetic species; antennal segment I thicker than the others, and segment II clavate at apex; vertex smooth, not depressed; male vesica without two membranous lobes on the apex.................................... Deraeocorini *