Sahlbergella Explained

Sahlbergella^[1] is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).

Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where S. singularis is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to Distantiella in tropical Africa and Helopeltis spp. in SE Asia.^[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:^[3]

1. Sahlbergella ghesquierei Schouteden, 1935
2. Sahlbergella lais Linnavuori, 1973
3. Sahlbergella maynei Schouteden, 1935
4. Sahlbergella singularis Haglund, 1895 - type species^[4]
5. Sahlbergella soror Schouteden, 1935
6. Sahlbergella tai Schmitz, 1987

Notes and References

1. Haglund (1895) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 52.
2. Entwistle PF (1972) Pests of Cocoa, Longmans, London, 779 pp
3. https://www.gbif.org/species/4777601 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Sahlbergella Haglund, 1895 (retrieved 9 November 2021)
4. Namyatova AA, Cassis G (2016) Systematics of the tribe Monaloniini Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, 36–136.