Tetratoma Signoret, 1851: 339-340. (junior homonym of Tetratoma Fabricius, 1790, Coleoptera)

Aeliomorpha Stål, 1858: 313. (new name for Tetratoma Signoret, 1851)

Type Species: Mormidea tristicula StDl, 1858, by monotypy.

Aeliomorpha subgenus Distantietta Azim & Shaffee, 1987

Aeliomorpha (Distantietta) Azim & Shafee, 1987: 421-422.

Type species: Aeliomorpha (Distantietta) viridis Azim & Shafee, 1987 (= Aeliomorpha viridescens Rider & Rolston, 1995), by original designation.

Included Species:
bella (Stål, 1853) - Image of LT
caffra (Westwood, 1837)
coimbatorensis Azim & Shafee, 1987
divisa (Walker, 1867)
eremita Linnavuori, 1975
fletcheri Distant, 1911
gazana Distant, 1910
grandis Linnavuori, 1974
griseoflava (Stål, 1853) - Image of LT
lineatocollis (Westwood, 1837)
nasica Gerstaecker, 1873
naticola (Stål, 1853) - Image of LT
pazukii Hoberlandt, 1997
petulca Hesse, 1925
pumila (Stål, 1853) - Image of LT
     centrobia Bergroth, 1927
pusana Distant, 1918
scutellata Distant, 1898
semiviridis Hesse, 1925
senegalensis (Signoret, 1851)
sheanensis Linnavuori, 1965
simulans Stål, 1858 - Image of LT
viridescens Rider & Rolston, 1995
     viridis Azim & Shafee, 1987
viridis Reuter, 1887
yunnanensis Zheng & Liu, 1987

Tribal Placement: StDl (1865) treated Aeliomorpha as a subgenus of Pentatoma which also included a number of other subgenera generally considered to be members of the Carpocorini. In 1876, he keyed it in its own group, but indicated that its habitus was similar to Aelia. Atkinson (1888) treated it as a member of the Diploxyaria (= Diploxyini). Lethierry & Severin (1893) and Kirkaldy (1909) both catalogued it between Aeschrocoris and Aeshrus, both members of the Aeschrocorini (Atkinson had included these two genera in his Diploxyini also). Distant (1902) included it in the Dymantaria which is a synonym of the Myrocheini. Most recent workers have considered it to be a member of the Aeliini, except Cachan (1952) who placed it in the Carpocoraria (= Carpocorini) and Linnavuori (1982) who placed it in its own generic group. I tentatively follow StDl and Cachan in placing this genus in the Carpocorini.

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Aeliomorpha griseoflava (Stål) - Photograph by Kim Barao

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