Cavelerius Explained

Cavelerius is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae. A review by Gao and Zhou (2021) listed 13 total species, including 3 newly discovered species.^[1] The insects of this genus feed by sucking the sap out of the stems and leaves of grasses and grass-like plants. The species C. saccharivorus is a major pest of sugarcane in Southeast Asia and Japan, and the species C. excavatus and C. sweeti are major pests of sugarcane in India.^[2]

List of species

• Cavelerius antennatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius excavatus Distant, 1901 - black bug of sugarcane
• Cavelerius illustris Distant, 1903 (type species)
• Cavelerius minor Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius mishmiensis Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius nigrivena Gao & Zhou, 2021
• Cavelerius nigrolimbatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius obscuratus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius parvimaculatus Gao & Zhou, 2021
• Cavelerius sweeti Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
• Cavelerius saccharivorus Okajima, 1922 - oriental chinch bug
• Cavelerius tinctus Distant, 1903
• Cavelerius yunnanensis Gao & Zhou, 2021

Notes and References

1. Gao. Cuiqing. Zhou. Yu. Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61. 1. 2021. 113–132.
2. Gao. Cuiqing. Zhou. Yu. Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61. 1. 2021. 114.