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Chrysocoris

Chrysocoris is a genus of brightly colored shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae, erected by Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1834. Species are recorded from South and South East Asia.

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Chrysocoris
Chrysocoris stollii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Tribe: Scutellerini
Genus: Chrysocoris
Hahn, 1834
Synonyms

Galostha Amyot & Serville, 1843

Chrysocoris is a genus of brightly colored shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae, erected by Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1834.1 Species are recorded from South and South East Asia.2345

Selected species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:6

subgenus Chlorolampra Stål, 1873
  1. Chrysocoris germari (Eschscholtz, 1822)
subgenus Chrysocoris Hahn, 1834
  1. Chrysocoris abdominalis (Westwood, 1837)
  2. Chrysocoris dilaticollis (Guerin, 1830)
  3. Chrysocoris eques (Fabricius, 1794)
  4. Chrysocoris hypomelaenus (Vollenhoven, 1863)
  5. Chrysocoris patricius (Fabricius, 1798)
  6. Chrysocoris purpureus (Westwood, 1781)
  7. Chrysocoris stockerus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  8. Chrysocoris stollii (Wolff, 1801) - type species (as Cimex stollii Wolff)
Unplaced species
C. iris source ↗
  1. Chrysocoris andamanensis Atkinson, 1887
  2. Chrysocoris atriventris Atkinson, 1887
  3. Chrysocoris fascialis White, 1842
  4. Chrysocoris indigoferus Distant, 1901
  5. Chrysocoris marginellus (Westwood, 1837)
  6. Chrysocoris nicobarensis Distant, 1892
  7. Chrysocoris ornatus (Dallas, 1851)
  8. Chrysocoris pulchellus (Dallas, 1851)
  9. Chrysocoris simplex Atidnson, 1889
  10. Chrysocoris spilogaster (Walker, 1867)

Note: Chrysocoris grandis (Thunberg, 1783) and Chrysocoris iris (Germar, 1839) are synonyms of Eucorysses grandis (Thunberg, 1783)

References

References

  1. Hahn CW (1834) Die wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. C. H. Zeh, Nürnberg. Vol. 2 (2): 33-60.
  2. GBIF: Chrysocoris Hahn, 1834
  3. "Global Names". Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  4. Smithsonian Institution
  5. Organism names
  6. BioLib.cz: Chrysocoris Hahn, 1834 (retrieved 31 January 2024)
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