Pilophorini is a
tribe of
plant bugs. The
type genus is Pilophorus (Hahn, 1826). Schuh's analysis indicates that the Pilophorini originated in tropical
Gondwanaland and subsequently spread into the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where they differentiated into the known genera.[1]
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