Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Kleidocerys resedae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Kleidocerys
Species:
K. resedae
Binomial name
Kleidocerys resedae
(Panzer, 1797)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygaeus resedae Panzer, 1797

Subspecies

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These four subspecies belong to the species Kleidocerys resedae:

  • Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis (Duda, 1885)
  • Kleidocerys resedae fuscomaculatus Barber, 1953
  • Kleidocerys resedae geminatus (Say, 1831)
  • Kleidocerys resedae resedae (Panzer, 1793)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kleidocerys resedae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Kleidocerys resedae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer, 1793)". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.
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