''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of
shield bugs
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families (16 ...
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It occurs primarily in
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America.
While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe
Pentatomini
Pentatomini is a tribe of shield bugs in the subfamily of Pentatominae.
Genera
* '' Acrosternum'' Fieber, 1860
* '' Arvelius'' Spinola, 1840
* '' Banasa'' Stål 1860
* '' Brepholoxa'' Van Duzee, 1904
* '' Chinavia'' Orian, 1965
* '' Chlorochr ...
, its species are similar in many respects to those in the
Chlorocorini, specifically the genera: ''
Chlorocoris
''Chlorocoris'' is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about six described species in ''Chlorocoris''.
Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Chlorocoris'':
* '' Chlorocoris distinctus'' Signoret, 1851
* '' Chlor ...
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Spinola, ''
Chloropepla''
Stål, ''
Mayrinia''
Horvath and ''
Fecelia''
Stål. Some species of ''Loxa'' are minor crop pests, for example ''
Loxa deducta''.
Species include:
* ''
Loxa deducta''
* ''
Loxa flavicollis''
* ''
Loxa haematica
''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...
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* ''
Loxa peruviensis
''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...
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* ''
Loxa planiceps
''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...
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* ''
Loxa virescens
''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...
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* ''
Loxa viridis''
References
Pentatomidae genera
Hemiptera of Central America
Hemiptera of South America
Pentatomini
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