Criocoris Explained

Criocoris is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about 13 described species in Criocoris.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Criocoris:

• Criocoris contrastus Seidenstucker, 1970
• Criocoris crassicornis (Hahn, 1834)
• Criocoris longicornis Reuter, 1883
• Criocoris morio Reuter, 1894
• Criocoris nigricornis Reuter, 1894
• Criocoris nigripes Fieber, 1861
• Criocoris piceicornis Wagner, 1950
• Criocoris quadrimaculatus (Fallén, 1807)
• Criocoris saliens (Reuter, 1876) (salien plant bug)
• Criocoris sibiricus Kerzhner, 1984
• Criocoris sulcicornis (Kirschbaum, 1856)
• Criocoris tesquorum Kerzhner, 1984
• Criocoris variegatus Stichel, 1934

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 3: Cimicimorpha II: Miridae. 1999. Kerzhner . I. M.. Josifov . M.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-19-1.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs. American Museum of Natural History.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.