Troilus (bug) explained

Troilus is a genus of shield bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are at least two described species in Troilus.

Some species of this genus are found in Europe.^[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Troilus:

• Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)

^g palearctic distribution

• Troilus maracaja Bernardes, Schwertner & Grazia, 2011

^g

• Troilus testaceus Zheng & Liu, 1987 from Yunnan, China

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. 2006. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 9071912280.
• Paiero . S.M.. Marshall . S.A.. McPherson . J.E.. Ma . M.S.. Stink bugs (Pentatomidae) and parent bugs (Acanthosomatidae) of Ontario and adjacent areas.... Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 24. 1–183.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Troilus Stål, 1867 . www.gbif.org . 24 January 2021 . en.