Biology:Zicrona

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Zicrona
Pentatomidae - Zicrona caerulea.JPG
Nymph of Zicrona caerulea preying a larva
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Asopinae
Genus: Zicrona
Amyot & Serville 1843[1]

Zicrona is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word זכרון (zicron) meaning "odorant".[1]

Species

(As of 2017), the following four species are recognized:[2]

  • Zicrona americana Thomas, 1992
  • Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue Bug
  • Zicrona hisarensis Chopra & Sucheta, 1984
  • Zicrona murreensis Rana & Ahmad, 1988

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Amyot, C.-J.-B.; Audinet Serville, [J. G.] (1843). "Genre 53. Zicrone. Zicrona". Hémiptères. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Paris: Roret. pp. 86–87. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8577066. 
  2. Biolib

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3575475 entry