Peloridiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Coleorrhyncha
Superfamilia: Peloridioidea

Familia: Peloridiidae
Genera (17): Craspedophysa – Hackeriella – Hemiodoecellus – Hemiodoecus – Hemiowoodwardia – Howeria – Idophysa – Kuscheloides – Oiophysa – Oiophysella – Pantinia – Peloridium – Peloridora – Idophysa – Rhacophysa – Xenophyes – Xenophysella

[source: Burckhardt (2009)]
Name

Peloridiidae Breddin, 1897
Type genus: Peloridium Breddin, 1897

References
Primary references

Breddin 1897 Ergeb. Hamburg Magalh. Sammelr., 2, Hem., 10.

selected references

Burckhardt, D.B. 2009: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Gondwanan moss bugs or Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 56(2): 173–235. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900019 Paywall. Reference page.

Additional references

Burckhardt, D.; Agosti, D. 1991: New records of South American Peloridiidae (Homoptera: Coleorrhyncha). Revista chilena de entomología, 19: 71–75. PDF
Evans, J.W. 1982: A review of present knowledge of the family Peloridiidae and new genera and new species from New Zealand and New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Insecta). Records of the Australian Museum, 34(5): 381–406. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.34.1982.296 Open access. Reference page.
Ouvrard, D.; Campbell, B.C.; Bourgoin, T.; Chan, K.L. 2000: 18S rRNA secondary structure and phylogenetic position of Peloridiidae (Insecta, Hemiptera). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 16 (3): 403–417. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0797 PDF

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Coleorrhynch Species File (Version 1.0/4.0) [needs update]
EoL [no data]
Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Coleorrhyncha. Peloridiidae. Version 01 January 2004 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Peloridiidae/10804/2004.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

Vernacular names
English: Gondwanan moss bugs

The Peloridiidae or moss bugs are a family of true bugs, comprising eighteen genera and thirty-four species. They are small, ranging in length from 2 to 4 mm, rarely seen, peculiarly lumpy, flattened bugs found in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), New Zealand, eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia. Peloridiids are found amongst mosses and liverworts, commonly in association with southern beech forests. They have become known as moss bugs for their habit of feeding on mosses. Almost all Peloridiidae species are flightless, except one (Peloridium hammoniorum).[a] Their present distribution suggests they have existed since before the breakup of Gondwana. They are the only living members of the suborder Coleorrhyncha, which first appeared in the Upper Permian, over 250 million years ago.

Evolution

Peloridiidae are the only extant[b] family in the suborder Coleorrhyncha. Historically the Peloridiidae and their fossil kin were assigned to a variety of orders. In 1929 they were placed in the Homoptera,[3] in 1962 they were placed in the Auchenorrhyncha,[4] in 1963 they were placed in the Cicadomorpha,[5] and in 1997 they were placed in Fulgoromorpha.[6] However, essentially all sources since 1969 are in consensus that the Peloridiidae belong in Coleorrhyncha and that Coleorrhyncha is a sister group to the Heteroptera.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

The question remains whether this affinity between the Coleorrhyncha and the Heteroptera necessitates the imposition of a suborder between them and the order Hemiptera. In 1995 Sorensen proposed the name Prosorrhyncha for such a suborder.[14] (See the Heteroptera and Prosorrhyncha pages for a discussion).

The oldest members of Coleorrhyncha are known from the Upper Permian, over 250 million years ago, assigned to the family Progonocimicidae. It is likely that Progonocimicidae is paraphyletic, with other families of Coleorrhyncha derived from it. The closest relatives of Peloridiidae are the Hoploridiidae from the Early Cretaceous of Asia.[15]
Genera
Oiophysa distincta

Craspedophysa Burckhardt, 2009
Hackeriella Evans, 1972
Hemiodoecellus Evans, 1959
Hemiodoecus China, 1924
Hemiowoodwardia Evans, 1972
Howeria Evans, 1959
Idophysa Burckhardt, 2009
Kuscheloides Evans, 1982
Oiophysa Drake & Salmon, 1950
Oiophysella Evans, 1982
Pantinia China, 1962
Peloridium Breddin, 1897
Peloridora China, 1955
Peltophysa Burckhardt, 2009
Rhacophysa Burckhardt, 2009
Xenophyes Bergroth, 1924
Xenophysella Evans, 1982

Notes

The South American Peloridiidae Peloridium hammoniorum Breddin, 1897 has both a winged and a wingless form.[1]

Other families in the Coleorrhyncha are preserved in the fossil record, notably the early Progonocimicidae, and the later Karabasiidae and Hoploridiidae.[2]

References

Burckhardt, Daniel (2009). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Gondwanan moss bugs or Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (2): 173–235. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200900019.
Heads, Sam W. (2008). "A new species of Yuripopovia (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight" (PDF). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. 21: 247–253.
Myers, John Golding & China, William Edward (1929). "The systematic position of the Peloridiidae as elucidated by a further study of the external anatomy of Hemiodoecus leadi China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 105 (3): 282–294. doi:10.1080/00222932908672971.
China, William Edward (1962). "South American Peloridiidae (Hemiptera–Homoptera: Coleorrhyncha)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 114 (5): 131–161. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1962.tb01077.x.
Evans, John William (1963). "The systematic position of the Ipsviciidae (Upper Triassic Hemiptera) and some new Upper Permian and Middle Triassic Hemiptera from Australia (Insecta)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 2 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1963.tb00384.x.
Bourgoin, Thierry H., Steffen‐Campbell, J. D., & Campbell, B. C. (1997). "Molecular phylogeny of Fulgoromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Archaeorrhyncha). The enigmatic Tettigometridae: evolutionary affiliations and historical biogeography". Cladistics. 13 (3): 207–224. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00316.x. S2CID 83588966.
Schlee, Dieter (1969). "Morphologie und Symbiose, ihre Beweiskraft für die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen der Coleorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera): phylogenetische Studien an Hemiptera IV: Heteropteroidea (Heteroptera+ Coleorrhyncha) als monophyletische Gruppe". Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde (in German). 210: 1–27.
Popov, Yu A. & Wootton, Robin J. (1977). "The Upper Liassic Heteroptera of Mecklenburg and Saxony". Systematic Entomology. 2 (4): 333–351. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1977.tb00382.x. S2CID 84814736.
Wheeler, Ward C.; Schuh, Randall T. & Bang, Ranhy (1993). "Cladistic relationships among higher groups of Heteroptera: congruence between morphological and molecular data sets". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 24 (2): 121–137. doi:10.1163/187631293X00235.
Campbell, Bruce C.; Steffen-Campbell, Jody D.; Sorensen, John T. & Gill, Raymond J. (1995). "Paraphyly of Homoptera and Auchenorrhyncha inferred from 18S rDNA nucleotide sequences". Systematic Entomology. 20 (3): 175―194. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00090.x. S2CID 86424475.
Schuh, Randall T. & Slater, James Alexander (1995). True bugs of the world (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): classification and natural history. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2066-5.
Ouvrard, David; Campbell, Bruce C.; Bourgoin, Thierry & Chan, Kathleen L. (2000). "18S rRNA Secondary Structure and Phylogenetic Position of Peloridiidae (Insecta, Hemiptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 16 (3): 403–417. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0797. PMID 10991793. S2CID 20926719.
Brozç, Jolanta (2007), Labial sensillae and the internal structure of the mouthparts of Xenophyes cascus (Bergroth 1924)(Peloridiidae: Coleorrhyncha: Hemiptera) and their significance in evolutionary studies on the Hemiptera (PDF)
Sorensen, John T., Campbell, Bruce C., Gill, Raymond J., and Steffen-Campbell, Jody D. (1995). "Non-monophyly of Auchenorrhyncha ("Homoptera"), based upon 18S rDNA phylogeny: eco-evolutionary and cladistic implications within pre-Heteropterodea Hemiptera (sl) and a proposal for new monophyletic suborders". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 71 (1): 31–60.

Jiang, Tian; Wang, Bo; Szwedo, Jacek (January 2019). "The first representative of Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 93: 346–359. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.018.

Other reading
Bergroth, Ernst Evald (1924). "A new genus of Peloridiidae from New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 60: 178–181.
Burckhardt, Daniel (2010). "Mooswanzen–Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha), eine enigmatische Insektengruppe" (PDF). Entomologica Austriaca (in German). 17: 9–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
Evans, John William (1982). "A review of present knowledge of the family Peloridiidae and new genera and new species from New Zealand and New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Insecta)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 34 (5): 381–406. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.34.1982.296. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2011.
Hoch, H.; Deckert, J.; Wessel, A. (2006). "Vibrational signalling in a Gondwanan relict insect (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae)". Biology Letters. 2 (2): 222–224. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0451. PMC 1618915. PMID 17148367. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23.
Larivière, Marie-Claude; Burckhardt, Daniel & Larochelle, André (2011). Peloridiidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha). Fauna of New Zealand, No. 67 (in English and Maori). Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand: Manaaki Whenua Press, Landcare Research. ISBN 978-0-478-34730-2. Abstract
Kuechler, Stefan Martin; et al. (2013). "Diversity of bacterial endosymbionts and bacteria–host co‐evolution in Gondwanan relict moss bugs (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae)". Environmental Microbiology. 15 (7): 2031–2042. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12101. PMID 23452253.