Pachycorinae

Gerry Cassis & Loren Vanags, 2006, Jewel Bugs of Australia (Insecta, Heteroptera, Scutelleridae), Denisia 19, pp. 275-398 : 329

Subfamily Pachycorinae

Remarks: It is beyond the scope of this work to review the Pachycorinae , which are not native to Australia; we only reviewed the introduced species, Agonosoma trilineatum in any detail. This subfamily is largely found in the Western Hemisphere, with only Deroplax MAYR and Hotea occurring in the Old World ( KIRKALDY 1909; SCHUH & SLATER 1995). KUMAR (1964) placed the Australian species, Tectocoris diophthalmus , in the Pachycorinae , on the basis of the ejaculatory apparatus; an action not followed by subsequent authors. Pachycorines are primarily diagnosed by the presence of stridulatory vittae and tibial plectra; characters that are thought to be exclusive to the Pachycorinae (e.g., SCHUH & SLATER 1995).