Pelocoris
| Pelocoris | |
|---|---|
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| Pelocoris femoratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Pelocoris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pelocoris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pelocoris genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
- Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
External links[edit]
Media related to Pelocoris at Wikimedia Commons
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