Dindymus

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Dindymus
Red Assassin Bug Dindymus rubiginosus (7913464824).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Dindymus
Stål, 1861
Species

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Dindymus is Old World genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head.

Species[]

Dindymus pulcher mating (Sarawak)

BioLib[1] lists:

subgenus Cornidindymus Stehlík, 2005
  1. Distant, 1914
  2. Stehlík, 2006
  3. Schouteden, 1933
subgenus Dindymus Stål, 1861
  1. (Fabricius, 1803)
  2. Stehlík, 2007
  3. Blöte, 1931
  4. Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  5. Distant, 1914
  6. Walker, 1873
  7. Breddin, 1900
  8. Blöte, 1931
  9. Stål, 1863
  10. S.L. Liu, 1981
  11. Stehlík, 2006
  12. (Boisduval, 1835)
  13. (Fabricius, 1787)
  14. (Fabricius, 1794)
subgenus Limadindymus Stehlík, 2005
  1. (Stehlík, 2005)
  2. Stehlík, 2006
  3. (Stehlík, 2005)
  4. (Stehlík, 2005)
  5. (Stehlík, 2005)
  6. (Stehlík, 2005)
subgenus Pseudodindymus Stehlík, 2009
  1. Stehlík, 2010
incertae sedis
  1. (Fabricius, 1803)
  2. Walker, 1873
  3. Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  4. Stehlík, 2006
  5. Stål, 1863
  6. Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  7. Stehlík, 2006
  8. Stål, 1863
  9. (Distant, 1901)
  10. Stehlík, 2006
  11. Stehlík, 2006
  12. Stehlík, 2006
  13. Blöte, 1933
  14. Stehlík, 2006
  15. Schmidt, 1932
  16. Stal, 1863[2]
  17. Stehlík, 2006
  18. Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  19. Stål, 1856.
  20. Mayr, 1866
  21. Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853)
  22. Stehlík, 2006
  23. Stehlík & Jindra, 2006

Several species in the genus are beneficial predators, including , . and , but one species (D. versicolor) is a minor plant pest.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ biolib.cz: genus Dindymus Stål, 1861 (retrieved 25 October 2021)
  2. ^ NCBI: Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863
  3. ^ Jackson, R.R. & Barrion, A. (2004) Heteropteran predation on terrestrial gastropods. Chapter 9 (p. 484) in Barker, G.M. (ed.) Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing.
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