Corallocoris Explained

Corallocoris[1] is a genus of bugs, in the infraorder Leptopodomorpha. Species have been recorded from SE Asia, Japan, Australia and Oceania; this is one of only two genera in the family Omaniidae (sometimes called "intertidal dwarf bugs") and previously some species were placed in Omania.[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[3] lists:

  1. Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987
  2. Corallocoris marksae (Woodward, 1958)
  3. Corallocoris nauruensis (Herring & Chapman, 1967)
  4. Corallocoris satoi (Miyamoto, 1963)
  5. Corallocoris xishaensis Luo, Wang & Chen, 2022

Notes and References

  1. Cobben RH (1970) Morphology and taxonomy of intertidal dwarfbugs (Heteroptera: Omaniidae fam. Nov.), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 113, 61-90.
  2. https://www.gbif.org/species/4774731 GBIF: Omaniidae
  3. https://www.gbif.org/species/4774732 GBIF