Chrysocoris Explained

Chrysocoris is a genus of brightly colored shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae, erected by Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1834.^[1] Species are recorded from South and SE Asia.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Selected species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:^[6]

subgenus Chlorolampra Stål, 1873

Chrysocoris germari

subgenus Chrysocoris Hahn, 1834

Chrysocoris abdominalis
Chrysocoris dilaticollis
Chrysocoris eques
Chrysocoris hypomelaenus
Chrysocoris patricius
Chrysocoris purpureus
Chrysocoris stockerus
Chrysocoris stollii - type species (as Cimex stollii Wolff)

Unplaced species

Chrysocoris andamanensis
Chrysocoris atriventris
Chrysocoris fascialis
Chrysocoris indigoferus
Chrysocoris marginellus
Chrysocoris nicobarensis
Chrysocoris ornatus
Chrysocoris pulchellus
Chrysocoris simplex
Chrysocoris spilogaster

Note: Chrysocoris grandis and Chrysocoris iris are synonyms of Eucorysses grandis

Notes and References

Hahn CW (1834) Die wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. C. H. Zeh, Nürnberg. Vol. 2 (2): 33-60.
https://www.gbif.org/species/4785000 GBIF
Web site: Global Names . 2015-02-09 . 2015-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209205415/http://gni.globalnames.org/data_sources/30?page=319&search_term=ns:CHR* . dead .
http://collections.si.edu/search/record/nmnhentomology_11442008 Smithsonian Institution
http://www.organismnames.com/query.htm?q=chrysocoris&searchType=simple&so=a0&pp=10&Submit.x=18&Submit.y=11 Organism names
https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id854499/ BioLib.cz