Atheas (bug)

Atheas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tingidae
Tribe:	Tingini
Genus:	Atheas Champion, 1898

Atheas is a genus of lace bugs in the family Tingidae. There are about 15 described species in Atheas.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Atheas:

• Atheas austroriparius Heidemann, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Atheas birabeni ^g
• Atheas cearanus Monte, 1947 ^{i c g}
• Atheas exiguus Heidemann, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Atheas flavipes Champion, 1898 ^{i c g}
• Atheas fuscipes Champion, 1898 ^{i c g}
• Atheas insignis Heidemann, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Atheas laetantis Drake and Hambleton, 1944 ^{i c g}
• Atheas mimeticus Heidemann, 1909 ^{i c g b}
• Atheas mirabilis Drake, 1938 ^{i c g}
• Atheas nigricornis Champion, 1898 ^{i c g}
• Atheas ornatipes Drake and Hambleton, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Atheas paganus Drake, 1942 ^{i c g}
• Atheas placentis Drake and Poor, 1940 ^{i c g}
• Atheas tristis Van Duzee, 1923 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1997). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 2: Cimicomorpha 1. The Netherlands Entomological Society. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.6.866. ISBN 90-71912-15-9.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
• Drake, Carl J.; Ruhoff, Florence A. (1965). "Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae)". United States National Museum Bulletin (243). Smithsonian Institution.
• Froeschner, Richard C. (1995). "Review of the New World lace bug genera Acanthocheila Stål and Carvalhotingis new genus (Heteroptera: Tingidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97 (2): 331–339. ISSN 0013-8797.
• Guilbert, Eric; Damgaard, Jakob; D'Haese, Cyrille A. (2014). "Phylogeny of the lacebugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) using morphological and molecular data". Systematic Entomology. 39 (3): 431–441. ISSN 1365-3113.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (1992). "Corrections and additions to the Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 94 (2): 263–272. ISSN 0013-8797.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Cassis, Gerasimos; Guilbert, Eric (2006). "Description of the first recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomorpha". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 114 (1–2): 38–53. doi:10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[38:DOTFRM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0028-7199.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. ISSN 1365-3113.
• Torres Miller, Laura (2001). "A taxonomic study of the genus Atheas Champion (Heteroptera: Tingidae)". Insecta Mundi. 15 (3): 167–179. ISSN 0749-6737.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.