''Orsillus'' is a genus of
Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
bugs, in the family
Lygaeidae
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on ...
;
it is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...
of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe
Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes ''O. depressus'' which has become naturalised in the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
.
Species
''BioLib'' lists the following:
# ''
Orsillus depressus''
(Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
# ''
Orsillus maculatus
''Orsillus'' is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae; it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes ''O. depressus'' which has become naturalised in the Brit ...
''
(Fieber, 1861)
# ''
Orsillus pinicanariensis''
Lindberg, 1953
# ''
Orsillus potanini''
Linnavuori, 1978
# ''
Orsillus reyi''
Puton, 1871
References
External Links
British Bugs ''Orsillus depressus'' (retrieved 31 October 2021)
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Lygaeidae
Hemiptera of Europe
Pentatomomorpha genera
Taxa named by William Dallas