Gelastocoris

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Gelastocoris
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Big-eyed Toad Bug - Gelastocoris oculatus , Governor Bridge Natural Area, Bowie, Maryland.jpg
Gelastocoris oculatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Gelastocoridae
Genus: Gelastocoris
Kirkaldy, 1897

Gelastocoris is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Gelastocoris.[1][2][3]

Gelastocoris oculatus

Species[]

These 23 species belong to the genus Gelastocoris:

  • Melin, 1929
  • Melin, 1929
  • Melin, 1929
  • Torre-Bueno
  • De Carlo, 1954
  • (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
  • Poinar & Brown, 2016
  • Estévez & Schnack, 1977
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
  • Martin, 1929
  • Melin, 1929
  • Montandon, 1910
  • De Carlo, 1954
  • De Carlo, 1959
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  • Gelastocoris oculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (big-eyed toad bug)
  • De Carlo, 1954
  • Melin, 1929
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  • Gelastocoris rotundatus Champion, 1901
  • Boulard & Jauffret, 1984
  • Champion, 1901
  • Todd, 1955

Extinct species[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gelastocoris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Gelastocoris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Poinar, George; Brown, Alex E. (August 2016). "Toad bugs (Hemiptera: Gelastocoridae) in Myanmar amber". Cretaceous Research. 63: 39–44. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.013. ISSN 0195-6671.

Further reading[]

  • Todd, Edward L. (1955). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera)". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 37 (11): 277–475. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1590.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.

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