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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Thapa, V.K. (2000). An Inventory of Nepal's Insects, Vol. III. Kathmandu, Nepal: IUCN, Nepal. ISBN 92-9144-049-3.
- ^ Joshi, Samudra Lal; Manandhar, D.N. (2001). Reference Insects of Nepal. Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal: Entomology Division, Nepal Agriculture Research Council, Khumaltar.
- ^ K.C., Sajan; Khadka, Anjali; Kafle, Kapil (2018). "Study of Jewel Bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)of Hilly Regions of Nepal". Journal of the Plant Protection Society. 5: 139–147.
- ^ a b c Ahmad, I; Kamaluddin, S (1982). "A revision of the genus Poecilocoris Dallas(Pentatomoidea: Scutellerldae) from IndoPakistan subcontinent with descriptions ofthree new species". Oriental Insects. 16 (3): 259–295. doi:10.1080/00305316.1982.10434316.