Chelinidea is a genus of cactus bugs in the family Coreidae, and is the sole genus of the monotypic tribe Chelinideini. There are five described species in Chelinidea, found in Central and North America, where they typically feed on cacti in the genus Opuntia. Three of these species have been introduced into Australia.[1][2][3][4]
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Chelinidea tabulata, Prickly Pear Bug | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Coreidae |
Subfamily: | Coreinae |
Tribe: | Chelinideini |
Genus: | Chelinidea Uhler, 1863 |
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Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Chelinidea:
- Chelinidea canyona Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America, Australia)
- Chelinidea hunteri Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America)
- Chelinidea staffilesi Herring, 1980 (Central America)
- Chelinidea tabulata (Burmeister, 1835) (prickly pear bug) (North, Central, and South America, Australia)
- Chelinidea vittiger Uhler, 1863 (cactus coreid) (North and Central America, Australia)
References
edit- ^ "Chelinidea". GBIF. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Chelinidea Uhler, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Chelinidea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2020). "genus Chelinidea Uhler, 1863". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
Further reading
edit- Packauskas, Richard (2010). Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World. Fort Hays Studies Series. Vol. 71. ISBN 978-0-615-23109-9.
External links
edit- Media related to Chelinidea at Wikimedia Commons