''Pyrrhocoris'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
in the family
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhocoridae is a family of insects with more than 300 species world-wide. Many are red coloured and are known as red bugs and some species are called cotton stainers because their feeding activities leave an indelible yellow-brownish stain on c ...
, the cotton stainers.
There are about six species.
[''Pyrrhocoris'' Fallén, 1814.]
Biota Taiwanica. The best known by far is ''
Pyrrhocoris apterus
The firebug, ''Pyrrhocoris apterus'', is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated '' Corizus hyoscyami'' (cinn ...
'', commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug,
[Socha, R. (1993)]
''Pyrrhocoris apterus'' (Heteroptera) - an experimental model species: A review.
''Eur J Entomol'' 90 241-86. sap sucking bug,
[''Pyrrhocoris apterus''.]
UniProt Taxonomy. and red soldier bug.
[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. Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively.
[
Species in the genus include:][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.
*''Pyrrhocoris apterus
The firebug, ''Pyrrhocoris apterus'', is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated '' Corizus hyoscyami'' (cinn ...
''
*'' Pyrrhocoris fuscopunctatus''
*'' Pyrrhocoris marginatus''
*'' Pyrrhocoris sibiricus''
*'' Pyrrhocoris sinuaticollis''
References
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Pyrrhocoridae
Pentatomomorpha genera
Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén
