LACCOCORINAE Stål, 1876

Polhemus, Dan A. & Polhemus, John T., 2013, Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Xi. Infraorder Nepomorpha- Families Naucoridae And Aphelocheiridae, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (2), pp. 665-686 : 671-672

Subfamily LACCOCORINAE Stål, 1876

Discussion. — The subfamily Laccocorinae may be recognised by its distinctive head morphology, with the labrum displaced posteriorly beneath the folded anterior margin, and occurs in all tropical regions of the world except Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands. As currently interpreted, the subfamily contains 10 genera, with two of these endemic to Africa and Madagascar ( Temnocoris , – Fore tarsi either one- segmented in both sexes, or two-segmented in males only; male phallotheca asymmetrical.......................2

2. Fore tarsi in both sexes one-segmented, bearing only a single apical claw ( Fig. 22 )........................................... Namtokocoris

– Fore tarsi two-segmented in males, one-segmented in females, bearing two small apical claws in both sexes ( Fig. 23) ........... ................................................................................. Heleocoris

Figures

Fig. 22. Namtokocoris kem Sites & Vitheepradit, male, dorsal habitus, specimen from Vietnam, Quang Ngai Prov., Via Lac Pass (Young Sohn illustration).