Dysdercus

Dysdercus
Different aspects of D. cingulatus in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Pyrrhocoridae
Genus:	Dysdercus Guerin-Méneville, 1831[1]
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 Lygaeinae, 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[]

BioLib lists the following:^[1]

subgenus Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831

• Dysdercus andreae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dysdercus bimaculatus (Stål, 1854)
• Gerstäcker, 1873
• Dysdercus concinnus Stål, 1861
• Signoret, 1861 - cotton stainer (Africa)
• Dysdercus mimulus Hussey, 1929
• (Say, 1832)
• Stål, 1855
• (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1843)
• Distant, 1883
• Guérin-Méneville, 1831
• Dysdercus suturellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1842) - cotton stainer (USA)

subgenus Leptophthalmus Stål, 1870

• Boisduval, 1835
• Stål, 1863

subgenus Paradysdercus Stehlík, 1965

• Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton bug
• Distant, 1902
• Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton stainer (Indian subcontinent)
• (Harrich-Schaeffer)
• Montrouzier, 1861

incertae sedis

• Berg, 1878
• Breddin, 1895
• Schmidt, 1932
• Hussey, 1927
• Doesburg, 1968
• Freiberg, 1948
• Distant, 1883
• Scudder, 1890
• Blöte, 1931
• Gerstäcker, 1892
• Stål, 1861
• Signoret, 1858
• Blöte, 1931
• Blöte, 1931
• Blöte, 1931
• Stål, 1870
• Stål, 1870
• Distant, 1902 - cotton stainer (Africa)
• Breddin, 1901
• Stål, 1861
• Uhler, 1861
• Distant, 1901
• Karsch, 1892
• Distant
• Blöte, 1933
• Kirby
• (Say, 1832)
• Schouteden, 1910
• Distant, 1902
• (Perty, 1833)
• (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Stål, 1870
• Stål, 1870
• Del Guercio, 1918
• Schaefer, 2013
• (Fabricius, 1775)
• Scudder, 1890
• van Doesburg, 1968

References[]

External links[]

• North American Dysdercus species
• Media related to Dysdercus at Wikimedia Commons