Biology:Loricula

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Loricula
Loricula.sp.female.1.jpg
female L. elegantula from Germany
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Microphysidae
Genus: Loricula
Curtis, 1833

Loricula is a genus of minute bladder bugs in the family Microphysidae. There are more than 20 described species in Loricula.[1][2][3]

Species

male L. elegantula from Germany

These 25 species belong to the genus Loricula:

  • Loricula bedeli (Montandon, 1887)
  • Loricula bipunctata (Perris, 1857)
  • Loricula blascoi Ribes & Pericart, 1996
  • Loricula distinguenda Reuter, 1884
  • Loricula elegantula (Bärensprung, 1858)
  • Loricula freyi (Lindberg, 1932)
  • Loricula hispanica Pericart, 1972
  • Loricula jakovlevi Pericart, 1969
  • Loricula josifovi Simov, 2008
  • Loricula lundbladi China, 1938
  • Loricula meinanderi Pericart, 1972
  • Loricula pselaphiformis Curtis, 1833
  • Loricula ruficeps (Reuter, 1884)
  • Loricula rufoscutellata (Baerensprung, 1857)
  • Loricula spec Dames, 1885
  • Loricula stenocephala Ribes, 1985
  • Loricula ablusa Popov, 2006
  • Loricula ceranowiczae Popov, 2004
  • Loricula damzeni Popov, 2004
  • Loricula finitima Popov, 2006
  • Loricula heissi Popov, 2006
  • Loricula ocellata Popov, 2006
  • Loricula perkovskyi (Putshkov & Popov, 2003)
  • Loricula polonica Popov & Herczek, 2008
  • Loricula samlandi Popov, 2006


References

Further reading

  • Schwartz, M. D.; Schmidt, M. J. A.; Humble, L. M. (1991). "First record of a European bug, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), in the Nearctic Region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae)". The Canadian Entomologist 123 (5): 1149–1151. doi:10.4039/Ent1231149-5. 
  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10569803 entry