Biology:Pelocoris

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Short description: Genus of insects

Pelocoris
Creeping Water Bug - Pelocoris femoratus, Maydale Park, Colesville, Maryland.jpg
Pelocoris femoratus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Naucoridae
Genus: Pelocoris
Stål, 1876

Pelocoris is a genus of creeping water bugs in the family Naucoridae. There are about 15 described species in Pelocoris.[1][2][3]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Pelocoris:

  • Pelocoris balius La Rivers, 1970
  • Pelocoris biimpressus Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris binotulatus (Stål, 1860)
  • Pelocoris bipunctulus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
  • Pelocoris carolinensis Torre-Bueno, 1907
  • Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1820)
  • Pelocoris magister Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris megistus La Rivers, 1969
  • Pelocoris nepaeformis (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Pelocoris nitidus Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris poeyi (Guérin-Ménéville, 1838)
  • Pelocoris politus Montandon, 1897
  • Pelocoris procurrens White, 1879
  • Pelocoris subflavus Montandon, 1898


References

Further reading

  • Sites, Robert W. (2015). "Pelocoris balius La Rivers (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Florida: New Status of an Enigmatic Saucer Bug". Zootaxa 3915 (3): 433–438. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.3.8. PMID 25662135. 
  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 1995. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10622455 entry