Peloridium Explained

Peloridium is a genus of moss bugs from southern South America, with two known species.^[1]

Peloridium hammoniorum was first described in 1897 by Gustav Breddin from a specimen found at Puerto Toro on Navarin Island in Tierra del Fuego.^[2] A second species, Peloridium pomponorum, was described in 2014.^{[3] [4]}

Species

Two species are recognised:^[1]

• Peloridium hammoniorum Breddin, 1897
• Peloridium pomponorum Shcherbakov, 2014

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peloridium Breddin, 1897. Coleorrhynch Species File . 16 May 2024.
2. Book: Breddin, Gustav. 1897. Hemipteren (Hemiptera). Ergebnisse der Hamburger magalhaensischen Sammelreise, 1892/93, Zweite Lieferung (Results of the Hamburg Megellan Straits collecting mission, 1892/93, issue 2). L. Friederichsen & Co.. Hamburg, Germany. 10. 17434036.

   reprinted by De Gruyter, Walter, Inc.,

3. Shcherbakov . Dmitry E. . 2014 . A new species of Peloridium (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha, Peloridiidae) from Chile . Far Eastern Entomologist . 286 . 1–11 .
4. Web site: Peloridium pomponorum Shcherbakov, 2014. Coleorrhynch Species File . 16 May 2024.