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Perillus

Perillus is a genus of predatory stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about seven described species in Perillus.

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Perillus
Perillus circumcinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Asopinae
Genus: Perillus
Stål, 1862
Synonyms1
  • Mineus Stål, 1867
  • Perilloides Schouteden, 1907

Perillus is a genus of predatory stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about seven described species in Perillus.1234

Perillus sp. nymph source ↗
Perillus strigipes source ↗

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Perillus:

Data sources: i = ITIS,1 c = Catalogue of Life,2 g = GBIF,3 b = Bugguide.net4

References

References

  1. "Perillus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Browse Perillus". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Perillus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Perillus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Media related to Perillus at Wikimedia Commons