Biology:Chelinidea

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Chelinidea
Biologia Centrali-Americana - Chelinidea tabulata.jpg
Chelinidea tabulata, Prickly Pear Bug
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Subfamily: Coreinae
Tribe: Chelinideini
Genus: Chelinidea
Uhler, 1863
Chelinidea vittiger, cactus coreid

Chelinidea is a genus of Cactus bugs in the family Coreidae, the sole genus of the tribe Chelinideini. There are five described species in Chelinidea, found in Central and North America. Three of these species have been introduced into Australia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Chelinidea:

  • Chelinidea canyona Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America, Australia)
  • Chelinidea hunteri Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America)
  • Chelinidea staffilesi Herring, 1980 (Central America)
  • Chelinidea tabulata (Burmeister, 1835) (prickly pear bug) (North, Central, and South America, Australia)
  • Chelinidea vittiger Uhler, 1863 (cactus coreid) (North and Central America, Australia)

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10448788 entry