Pyrrhocoris

Pyrrhocoris
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Fallén, 1814
Species

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Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers. Records of occurrence are mainly in the Palaearctic realm, with some from North America and East Asia.[1]

Species

Species in the genus include:[2][3][1]

  1. Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Pyrrhocoris fuscopunctatus Stål, 1858
  3. Pyrrhocoris marginatus (Kolenati, 1845)
  4. Pyrrhocoris niger Reuter, 1888
  5. Pyrrhocoris rottensis Kment, 2021
  6. Pyrrhocoris sibiricus Kuschakewitsch, 1867
  7. Pyrrhocoris sinuaticollis Reuter, 1885
  8. †Pyrrhocoris tibialis Statz & Wagner, 1950

The best known species by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug,[4] sap sucking bug,[5] and red soldier bug.[6] Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814 (retrieved 26 April 2024)
  2. ^ Gapon, D. A. (2007). Structure, function, and morphological conformity of the male and female genitalia in the true bug genus Pyrrhocoris Fall. (Hymenoptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Entomological Review 87(9) 1099-1108.
  3. ^ Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814. Biota Taiwanica.
  4. ^ a b Socha, R. (1993). Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) - an experimental model species: A review. Eur J Entomol 90 241-86.
  5. ^ Pyrrhocoris apterus. UniProt Taxonomy.
  6. ^ Stackebrandt, E., et al. (2013). Complete genome sequence of Coriobacterium glomerans type strain (PW2T) from the midgut of Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (red soldier bug). Standards in Genomic Sciences, North America 8(1). Accessed: 22 June 2013.