The naucorid subfamily Aphe1ocheirinae, containing one genus, Aphelocheirus, is revised for tropical Asia. Generic concepts in the subfamily are reviewed; two subgenera are recog­ nized, Aphelocheirus Westwood and Micraphelocheirus Hoberlandt and Stys,

The island nation of Madagascar was surveyed extensively through a series of expeditions to determine the fauna of Naucoridae. Previously, 17 species in four genera had been reported from the country. All taxa previously recorded from Madagascar were

This paper provides description of a new species, Cheirochela grossa sp. nov. from Yunnan Province. Cheirochela tonkina Polhemus, Polhemus & Sites, 2008, Heleocoris bengalensis montandoni Lundblad, 1933 and Thurselinus scutellaris (Stal, 1860) are reported

The true bug infraorder Nepomorpha contains 11 families with classifications mostly using morphological features and not based on phylogenetic analyses. Presented here is the first molecular-based phylogeny for a family of Nepomorpha including more than