Chelinidea
Chelinidea tabulata, Prickly Pear Bug
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Subfamily: Coreinae
Tribe: Chelinideini
Genus: Chelinidea
Uhler, 1863
Chelinidea vittiger, cactus coreid

Chelinidea is a genus of Cactus bugs in the family Coreidae, the sole genus of the tribe Chelinideini. There are five described species in Chelinidea, found in Central and North America. Three of these species have been introduced into Australia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 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

  1. "Chelinidea". GBIF. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Chelinidea Uhler, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "Chelinidea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2020). "genus Chelinidea Uhler, 1863". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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