Biology:Pelocoris balius

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Short description: Species of true bug

Pelocoris balius
Pelocoris balius female 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Naucoridae
Genus: Pelocoris
Species:
P. balius
Binomial name
Pelocoris balius
La Rivers, 1970
Synonyms[1]
  • Pelocoris femoratus balius La Rivers, 1970

Pelocoris balius is a species of creeping water bug in the family Naucoridae. It is found in Florida.[1][2][3] In the Everglades, P. balius is locally common in shorter hydroperiod sites.[4]

Pelocoris balius was originally described as a subspecies of P. femoratus by Ira La Rivers in 1970,[5] but it was elevated to species by Robert Sites in 2015.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pelocoris balius Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1054287. 
  2. "Pelocoris balius". https://www.gbif.org/species/8460015. 
  3. Pintar, Matthew R.; Kline, Jeffrey L.; Trexler, Joel C. (2021). "The aquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of marshes in the Florida Everglades". Florida Entomologist 104 (4): 307–319. doi:10.1653/024.104.0408. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.104.0408. 
  4. La Rivers, Ira (1970). "A new subspecies of Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot-Beauvois) from Florida (Hemiptera: Naucoridae)". Biological Society of Nevada Occasional Papers 26: 1–4. 
  5. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q54961935 entry