Pyrrhocoris Explained

Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers. Records of ocurrence are mainly in the Palaearctic realm, with some from North America and East Asia.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus include:^{[2] [3] [1]}

1. Pyrrhocoris apterus
2. Pyrrhocoris fuscopunctatus
3. Pyrrhocoris marginatus
4. Pyrrhocoris niger
5. Pyrrhocoris rottensis
6. Pyrrhocoris sibiricus
7. Pyrrhocoris sinuaticollis
8. †Pyrrhocoris tibialis

The best known species by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug,^[4] sap sucking bug,^[5] and red soldier bug.^[6] Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.gbif.org/species/4407618 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814
2. Gapon, D. A. (2007). Structure, function, and morphological conformity of the male and female genitalia in the true bug genus Pyrrhocoris Fall. (Hymenoptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Entomological Review 87(9) 1099-1108.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510223420/http://psybugs.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/602 Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814.
4. Socha, R. (1993). Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) - an experimental model species: A review. Eur J Entomol 90 241-86.
5. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/37000 Pyrrhocoris apterus.
6. Stackebrandt, E., et al. (2013). Complete genome sequence of Coriobacterium glomerans type strain (PW2T) from the midgut of Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (red soldier bug). Standards in Genomic Sciences, North America 8(1). Accessed: 22 June 2013.