Biology:Dindymus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Dindymus
Pyrrhocorid Bugs (Dindymus pulcher) mating (23811414185).jpg
Dindymus pulcher mating
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Dindymus
Stål, 1861
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Dyndimus Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 (Missp.)

Dindymus is Old World genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head.

Species

BioLib[1] lists:

subgenus Cornidindymus Stehlík, 2005
  1. Dindymus abdominalis Distant, 1914
  2. Dindymus griseus Stehlík, 2006
  3. Dindymus straeleni Schouteden, 1933
subgenus Dindymus Stål, 1861
  1. Dindymus albicornis (Fabricius, 1803)
  2. Dindymus albomarginatus Stehlík, 2007
  3. Dindymus brevis Blöte, 1931
  4. Dindymus chinensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  5. Dindymus croesus Distant, 1914
  6. Dindymus decisus Walker, 1873
  7. Dindymus decolor Breddin, 1900
  8. Dindymus flavipennis Blöte, 1931
  9. Dindymus lanius Stål, 1863
  10. Dindymus medogensis S.L. Liu, 1981
  11. Dindymus punctithorax Stehlík, 2006
  12. Dindymus pyrochrous (Boisduval, 1835)
  13. Dindymus rubiginosus (Fabricius, 1787)
  14. Dindymus sanguineus (Fabricius, 1794)
subgenus Limadindymus Stehlík, 2005
  1. Dindymus brunneus (Stehlík, 2005)
  2. Dindymus dispersus Stehlík, 2006
  3. Dindymus kotheae (Stehlík, 2005)
  4. Dindymus montanellus (Stehlík, 2005)
  5. Dindymus riedeli (Stehlík, 2005)
  6. Dindymus schoenitzeri (Stehlík, 2005)
subgenus Pseudodindymus Stehlík, 2009
  1. Dindymus sandakan Stehlík, 2010
incertae sedis
  1. Dindymus amboinensis (Fabricius, 1803)
  2. Dindymus basifer Walker, 1873
  3. Dindymus bifurcatus Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  4. Dindymus bougainvillensis Stehlík, 2006
  5. Dindymus circumcinctus Stål, 1863
  6. Dindymus constanti Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  7. Dindymus dembickyi Stehlík, 2006
  8. Dindymus fecialis Stål, 1863
  9. Dindymus flammeolus (Distant, 1901)
  10. Dindymus kokadanus Stehlík, 2006
  11. Dindymus lautereri Stehlík, 2006
  12. Dindymus malayensis Stehlík, 2006
  13. Dindymus minutus Blöte, 1933
  14. Dindymus nitidicollis Stehlík, 2006
  15. Dindymus pectoralis Schmidt, 1932
  16. Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863[2]
  17. Dindymus rubriventris Stehlík, 2006
  18. Dindymus talaudensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
  19. Dindymus thunbergi Stål, 1856.
  20. Dindymus ventralis Mayr, 1866
  21. Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853)
  22. Dindymus webbi Stehlík, 2006
  23. Dindymus wynigerae Stehlík & Jindra, 2006


Several species in the genus are beneficial predators, including D. rubiginosus, D. pulcher. and D. pyrochrous, but one species (D. versicolor) is a minor plant pest.[3]

References

  1. ↑ biolib.cz: genus Dindymus Stål, 1861 (retrieved 25 October 2021)
  2. ↑ NCBI: Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863
  3. ↑ Jackson, R.R. & Barrion, A. (2004) Heteropteran predation on terrestrial gastropods. Chapter 9 (p. 484) in Barker, G.M. (ed.) Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20720035 entry




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