Lanchnophorus Explained

Lanchnophorus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae.^{[1] [2]} It occurs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.^[3]

Description

Bugs of this genus are oblong and oval in shape. They are covered in dense dark punctures and long dense setae. The antennae are short and often thick. The pronotum is nearly quadrate and has a broad, carinate lateral margin. The hemelytra are either macropterous or slightly abbreviated. The clavus has three rows of punctures.^[4]

Species

The following species are included in genus Lanchnophorus:

• Lanchnophorus flavus (Scudder, 1971)
• Lanchnophorus gaoqingae Kment & Jindra, 2017
• Lanchnophorus guttulatus Reuter, 1887
• Lanchnophorus leucospilus (Walker, 1872)
• Lanchnophorus merula (Distant, 1904)
• Lanchnophorus seminitens Kment & Carapezza, 2017
• Lanchnophorus singalensis (Dohrn, 1860)
• Lanchnophorus webbi Kondorosy, 2017

References

1. Web site: Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887 . 2024-11-25 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: genus Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887: Lygaeoidea Species File . 2024-11-25 . lygaeoidea.archive.speciesfile.org.
3. Web site: Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887 COL . 2024-11-25 . www.catalogueoflife.org.
4. Kment . Petr . Carapezza . Attilio . Jindra . ZdeněK . Kondorosy . ElőD . 2017-01-25 . Review of the genus Lanchnophorus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) with description of three new species and other nomenclatural changes . Zootaxa . 4226 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.1.2 . 1175-5334.