List of bugs of Nepal (Scutelleridae)

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The following is a list of bugs of the family Scutelleridae of Nepal. Seventeen different species are listed.

This list is primarily based on V.K. Thapa's 2000 "An Inventory of Nepal's Insects"^[1] and Samudra Lal Joshi's 2001 "Reference Insects of Nepal"^[2] with some recent additions and a modernized classification.

• Calliphara excellens - excellent jewel bug
• Cantao ocellatus
• Chrysocoris patricius
• Chrysocoris pulchellus^[3]
• Chrysocoris stolli
• Eucorysses grandis
• Lamprocoris roylii
• Poecilocoris childreni
• Poecilocoris crowleyi
• Poecilocoris hardwickii
• Poecilocoris druraei syn. Poecilocoris heissi ^[4]
• Poecilocoris interruptus
• Poecilocoris nepalensis - Nepalese jewel bug
• Poecilocoris orientalis^[4]
• Poecilocoris ornatus
• Poecilocoris pseudolatus^[4]
• Poecilocoris purpurascens
• Solenostethium rubropunctatum