Poecilcoris druraei is a species of jewel bug described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.[1] It is in the family Scutelleridae and is native to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Scutelleridae |
Genus: | Poecilocoris |
Species: | P. druraei
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Binomial name | |
Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus, 1771
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Taxonomy
editPoecilcoris druraei has no subspecies, hower it does have one junior synonym, P. watanabei (Matsumura,1913) due to a misidentification.[3]
Poecilcoris watanabei
editThe male "holotype" of P. watanabei is discovered sometime after the first description of it by Shonen Matsumura in 1913. Upon it, this holotype is almost the same to P. druraei, although the description of P. watanabei matches.[3]
Ecology
editPoecilcoris druraei thrives on Morus alba, Camellia oleifera, and Camellia sinensis.[2]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Poecilocoris druraei.
- ^ "Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ a b "Poecilocoris druraei species page". THAILAND NATURE PROJECT. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ a b "Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.