Pelocoris Explained

Pelocoris is a genus of creeping water bugs in the family Naucoridae. There are about 15 described species in Pelocoris.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Pelocoris:

• Pelocoris balius La Rivers, 1970
• Pelocoris biimpressus Montandon, 1898
• Pelocoris binotulatus (Stål, 1860)
• Pelocoris bipunctulus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
• Pelocoris carolinensis Torre-Bueno, 1907
• Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1820)
• Pelocoris magister Montandon, 1898
• Pelocoris megistus La Rivers, 1969
• Pelocoris nepaeformis (Fabricius, 1803)
• Pelocoris nitidus Montandon, 1898
• Pelocoris poeyi (Guérin-Ménéville, 1838)
• Pelocoris politus Montandon, 1897
• Pelocoris procurrens White, 1879
• Pelocoris subflavus Montandon, 1898

Further reading

• Pelocoris balius La Rivers (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Florida: New Status of an Enigmatic Saucer Bug. 2015. Sites . Robert W.. Zootaxa. 3915. 3. 433–438. 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.3.8. 25662135.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. 1995. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-12-2.