Poecilocoris druraei explained

Poecilcoris druraei is a species of jewel bug described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.^[1] It is in the family Scutelleridae and is native to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.^[2]

Taxonomy

Poecilcoris druraei has no subspecies, hower it does have one junior synonym, P. watanabei (Matsumura,1913) due to a misidentification.^[3]

Poecilcoris watanabei

The male "holotype" of P. watanabei is discovered sometime after the first description of it by Shonen Matsumura in 1913. Upon it, this holotype is almost the same to P. druraei, although the description of P. watanabei matches.

Ecology

Poecilcoris druraei thrives on Morus alba, Camellia oleifera, and Camellia sinensis.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771. 2021-10-28. www.gbif.org. en.
2. Web site: Poecilocoris druraei species page. 2021-10-28. THAILAND NATURE PROJECT. en.
3. Web site: Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771 - Plazi TreatmentBank. 2021-10-28. treatment.plazi.org. en.