Loricula Explained

Loricula is a genus of minute bladder bugs in the family Microphysidae. There are more than 20 described species in Loricula.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Loricula:

• Loricula bedeli (Montandon, 1887)
• Loricula bipunctata (Perris, 1857)
• Loricula blascoi Ribes & Pericart, 1996
• Loricula distinguenda Reuter, 1884
• Loricula elegantula (Bärensprung, 1858)
• Loricula freyi (Lindberg, 1932)
• Loricula hispanica Pericart, 1972
• Loricula jakovlevi Pericart, 1969
• Loricula josifovi Simov, 2008
• Loricula lundbladi China, 1938
• Loricula meinanderi Pericart, 1972
• Loricula pselaphiformis Curtis, 1833
• Loricula ruficeps (Reuter, 1884)
• Loricula rufoscutellata (Baerensprung, 1857)
• Loricula spec Dames, 1885
• Loricula stenocephala Ribes, 1985
• † Loricula ablusa Popov, 2006
• † Loricula ceranowiczae Popov, 2004
• † Loricula damzeni Popov, 2004
• † Loricula finitima Popov, 2006
• † Loricula heissi Popov, 2006
• † Loricula ocellata Popov, 2006
• † Loricula perkovskyi (Putshkov & Popov, 2003)
• † Loricula polonica Popov & Herczek, 2008
• † Loricula samlandi Popov, 2006

Further reading

• First record of a European bug, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), in the Nearctic Region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae). 1991. Schwartz . M. D.. Schmidt . M. J. A.. Humble . L. M.. The Canadian Entomologist. 123. 5. 1149–1151. 10.4039/Ent1231149-5.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. 1996. Péricart . J.. Golub . V. B.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-15-3.
• 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.