Plokiophiloides Carayon, 1974

Luo, Jiuyang, Peng, Yanqiong & Xie, Qiang, 2021, First record of the cimicomorphan family Plokiophilidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from China, with description of a new species of Plokiophiloides, ZooKeys 1021, pp. 145-157 : 145

Genus: Plokiophiloides Carayon, 1974

Plokiophiloides Carayon, 1974: 505.

Type species by original designation.

Plokiophiloides asolen Carayon, 1974.

Comments.

The genus Plokiophiloides currently includes four species and can be distinguished from other genera of Plokiophilidae by the following combined characteristics: a) tarsi 2-segmented, b) hemelytron with a distinct cuneus, c) male pygophore tubular, erect, d) fore femora and middle femora without heavy spines on ventral surface, e) posterior margin of pronotum excavated and mesoscutum broadly exposed, f) male acus shorter than pygophore and its basis simple and g) females without paired external paragenitalia.