Dysdercus

Dysdercus
	Different aspects of D. cingulatus in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pyrrhocoridae
Genus:	Dysdercus; Guerin-Méneville, 1831
Species
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Dysdercus is a widespread genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae; a number of species attacking cotton bolls may be called "cotton stainers".

Description

Species may be confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head. They can be readily distinguished from most other genera of Pyrrhocoridae by the strong white markings at the junction of the head and thorax, and along the sides of the thorax, and often abdomen.

Species

subgenus Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831^[1]

Dysdercus albofasciatus Berg, 1878
Dysdercus albomaculatus Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus andreae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dysdercus basialbus Schmidt, 1932
Dysdercus bimaculatus (Stål, 1854)
Dysdercus bloetei Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus capitatus Distant, 1883
Dysdercus cardinalis Gerstäcker, 1873
Dysdercus chaquensis Freiberg, 1948
Dysdercus chiriquinus Distant, 1883
Dysdercus concinnus Stål, 1861
Dysdercus cordillerensis Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus discolor Walker, 1872
Dysdercus fasciatus Signoret, 1861 - cotton stainer (Africa)
Dysdercus fernaldi Ballou, 1906
Dysdercus fervidus Bergroth, 1914
Dysdercus flavidus Signoret, 1861^[2]^[3]
Dysdercus flavolimbatus Stål, 1861
Dysdercus fulvoniger (De Geer, 1773)
Dysdercus goyanus Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus honestus Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus imitator Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus immarginatus Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus jamaicensis Walker, 1872
Dysdercus longirostris Stål, 1861
Dysdercus lunulatus Uhler, 1861
Dysdercus luteus Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus maurus Distant, 1901
Dysdercus melanoderes Karsch, 1892
Dysdercus mimuloides Blöte, 1933
Dysdercus mimulus Hussey, 1929
Dysdercus mimus (Say, 1832)
Dysdercus neglectus Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus nigrofasciatus Stål, 1855
Dysdercus obliquus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1843)
Dysdercus obscuratus Distant, 1883
Dysdercus ocreatus (Say, 1832)
Dysdercus ortus Distant, 1909
Dysdercus peruvianus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 - type species
Dysdercus ruficeps (Perty, 1833)
Dysdercus ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Dysdercus rusticus Stål, 1870
Dysdercus sanguinarius Stål, 1870
Dysdercus superstitiosus (Fabricius, 1775)
Dysdercus suturellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1842) - cotton stainer (USA)
Dysdercus urbahni Schmidt, 1932
Dysdercus wilhelminae Doesburg, 1968

subgenus Leptophthalmus Stål, 1870 (= Megadysdercus Breddin, 1900)^[4]

Dysdercus argillaceus Breddin, 1895
Dysdercus decussatus Boisduval, 1835
Dysdercus fuscomaculatus Stål, 1863
Dysdercus philippinus Herrich-Schaeffer 1850

subgenus Neodysdercus Stehlík, 1965^[5]

Dysdercus haemorrhoidalis Signoret, 1858
Dysdercus intermedius Distant, 1902 - cotton stainer (Africa)
Dysdercus orientalis Schouteden, 1910
Dysdercus pretiosus Distant, 1902

subgenus Paradysdercus Stehlík, 1965

Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton bug
Dysdercus evanescens Distant, 1902
Dysdercus festivus Gerstäcker, 1892
Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton stainer (Indian subcontinent)
Dysdercus longiceps Breddin, 1901
Dysdercus micropygus Breddin, 1909
Dysdercus poecilus (Harrich-Schaeffer)
Dysdercus sidae Montrouzier, 1861

incertae sedis

Dysdercus bidentatus Hussey, 1927
Dysdercus cinctus Scudder, 1890
Dysdercus collaris Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus impictiventris Stål, 1870
Dysdercus insularis Stål, 1870
Dysdercus scassellati Del Guercio, 1918
Dysdercus stehliki Schaefer, 2013
Dysdercus unicolor Scudder, 1890

References

^ Zrzavý, J.; Nedved, O. (1997). "Phylogeny of the New World Dysdercus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and Evolution of their Colour Patterns". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 13 (1–2): 109–123. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00245.x. PMID 34920636. S2CID 221582417.
^ Legros, Vincent; Gasnier, Sophie; Rochat, Jacques (2016). "First general inventory of the terrestrial Heteroptera fauna and its specificity on the oceanic island of Reunion". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle série. 52 (6): 311–342. doi:10.1080/00379271.2016.1275802. S2CID 89898731.
^ Dysdercus flavidus Signoret, 1861
^ Stehlík, J.; Kerzhner, I. M. (1999). "On taxonomy and distribution of some Palaearctic and Oriental Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Heteroptera)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 8 (1): 121–128.
^ Robertson, I.A.D. (2004). "The Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera - Heteroptera) of the Ethiopian region". Journal of Insect Science. 4: 14. doi:10.1093/jis/4.1.14. PMC 528874. PMID 15861230.

External links

Media related to Dysdercus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dysdercus at Wikispecies
North American Dysdercus species

[1] Zrzavý, J.; Nedved, O. (1997). "Phylogeny of the New World Dysdercus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and Evolution of their Colour Patterns". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 13 (1–2): 109–123. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00245.x. PMID 34920636. S2CID 221582417.

[2] Legros, Vincent; Gasnier, Sophie; Rochat, Jacques (2016). "First general inventory of the terrestrial Heteroptera fauna and its specificity on the oceanic island of Reunion". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle série. 52 (6): 311–342. doi:10.1080/00379271.2016.1275802. S2CID 89898731.

[3] Dysdercus flavidus Signoret, 1861

[4] Stehlík, J.; Kerzhner, I. M. (1999). "On taxonomy and distribution of some Palaearctic and Oriental Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Heteroptera)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 8 (1): 121–128.

[5] Robertson, I.A.D. (2004). "The Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera - Heteroptera) of the Ethiopian region". Journal of Insect Science. 4: 14. doi:10.1093/jis/4.1.14. PMC 528874. PMID 15861230.

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