Pelocoris

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Pelocoris is a genus of creeping water bugs in the family Naucoridae found in the Americas. There are about 15 described species in Pelocoris.[1][2][3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Suborder:Heteroptera
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Pelocoris
Pelocoris femoratus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Naucoridae
Genus: Pelocoris
Stål, 1876
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Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Pelocoris:

  • Pelocoris balius La Rivers, 1970
  • Pelocoris biimpressus Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris binotulatus (Stål, 1860)
  • Pelocoris bipunctulus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
  • Pelocoris carolinensis Torre-Bueno, 1907
  • Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1820)
  • Pelocoris magister Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris megistus La Rivers, 1969
  • Pelocoris nepaeformis (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Pelocoris nitidus Montandon, 1898
  • Pelocoris poeyi (Guérin-Ménéville, 1838)
  • Pelocoris politus Montandon, 1897
  • Pelocoris procurrens White, 1879
  • Pelocoris subflavus Montandon, 1898

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