Orsillus

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Orsillus
Orsillus depressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Orsillinae
Tribe: Orsillini
Genus: Orsillus
Dallas, 1852[1]

Orsillus is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae;[2] it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes O. depressus which has become naturalised in the British Isles.

Species[edit]

BioLib lists the following:[3]

  1. Orsillus depressus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
  2. Orsillus maculatus (Fieber, 1861)
  3. Orsillus pinicanariensis Lindberg, 1953
  4. Orsillus potanini Linnavuori, 1978
  5. Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dallas WS (1852) List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part. II. Taylor & Francis Inc., London 2: 369–592.
  2. ^ "Orsillus Dallas, 1852". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Orsillus Genus Information BioLib". biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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