Biology:Crompus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Crompus
Hemiptera Crompus Opacus.jpg
Crompus opacus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Crompus
Stål, 1874

Crompus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. Crompus are terrestrial insects in the Ischnorhynchinae subfamily of seed bugs that are endemic to Australia .[1] There are three described species in Crompus.[1][2]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Crompus:

  • Crompus nesiotes Ashlock, 1967
  • Crompus oculatus Stål, 1874
  • Crompus opacus Scudder, 1958

References

Further reading

  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21216664 entry