Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae". It is most diverse in tropical areas, especially in the New World.
Tribes and genera BioLib includes: tribe Lasiochilini Carayon, 1972 Lasiochilus Reuter, 1871 Plochiocoris Champion, 1900 incertae sedis Eusolenophora Poppius, 1909 Lasiellidea Reuter, 1895 Lasiocolpus Reuter, 1884 Oplobates Reuter, 1895 Plochiocorella Poppius, 1909
Systematics Phylogenetic work in 1991 and later in 2009 suggested that "Lasiochilidae" could be treated as a family separate from Anthocoridae (as well as the recognition of the family Lyctocoridae). This has been followed by some studies but not others.
Description Lasiochilinae are similar to other Anthocoridae (if treated as its own family, it is similar to Lyctocoridae and to Anthocoridae), such as male genitalia being asymmetrical with a reduced right paramere. An apomorphy of the group is the first two abdominal segments having a single pair of dorsal laterotergites, while the rest have a simple tergal plate. The spermatheca of females is in the shape of a vermiform gland.
Habitat and behaviour Species mostly feed on other small soft-bodied arthropods.
They do not perform traumatic insemination, unlike their relatives.
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