Miridae show remarkable diversity (>11,700 spp.), accounting for a quarter of all Heteroptera. However, their phylogeny and evolutional history is still remain unclear. In this work, we provide new suggestions for the phylogeny of Miridae using a larger dataset than previous studies. In addition, we suggest an alternative evolutionary history based on newly calibrated divergence dates for Miridae and its subordinate groups, and present probable factors of the family’s success in terms of species diversity. The entire dataset comprises 16 outgroups and 188 ingroup taxa including all seven known subfamilies and 37 out of 45 known tribes. Each species is aligned as 3,577 bp with six molecular loci (COI, 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA D3 region, H2A, and H3A).

• Minsuk Oh(Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University) Corresponding author
• Sora Kim(Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Insect Phylogenetics and Evolution Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection & Quarantine, Jeonbuk National University)
• Seunghwan Lee(Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)