Biology:Metochus

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Short description: Genus of insects

Metochus
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Metochus hainanensis, Hong Kong
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily: Rhyparochrominae
Tribe: Rhyparochromini
Genus: Metochus
Scott, 1874

Metochus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are about 11 described species in Metochus, found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia.[1][2]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Metochus:

  • Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874
  • Metochus assimilis (Dallas, 1852)
  • Metochus hainanensis Zheng & Zou, 1981
  • Metochus horni (Breddin, 1906)
  • Metochus jacobsoni (Breddin, 1906)
  • Metochus nudipes (Breddin, 1906)
  • Metochus procericornis (Breddin, 1908)
  • Metochus schultheissi (Breddin, 1906)
  • Metochus thoracicus Zheng & Zou, 1981
  • Metochus uniguttatus (Thunberg, 1822)
  • Metochus villosulus (Breddin, 1906)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q55044772 entry