Loxa
Loxa | |
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Loxa viridis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Genus: | Loxa |
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Loxa is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs.[1] It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America.[1] While Loxa is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are similar in many respects to those in the , specifically the genera: Chlorocoris Spinola, Stål, Horvath and Stål.[2] Some species of Loxa are minor crop pests, for example .[3]
Species include:
- Walker, 1867
- Loxa flavicollis (Drury, 1773)
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841)
- Eger, 1978
- Horváth, 1925
- Amyot & Serville, 1843
- Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)
References[]
- ^ a b "Loxa" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Eger, Joseph E. (1978). "Revision of the genus Loxa (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 86 (3): 224–259. Abstract
- ^ Panizzi, Antônio R.; Mourão, Ana P. M. & Oliveira, Émerson D. M. (1998). "Nymph and adult biology and seasonal abundance of Loxa deducta (Walker) on privet, Ligustrum lucidum". Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil. 27 (2): 199–206. doi:10.1590/s0301-80591998000200005.
Categories:
- Pentatomidae genera
- Hemiptera of Central America
- Hemiptera of South America
- Pentatomini
- Pentatomoidea stubs