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Coridius
Coridius janus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Dinidoridae
Subfamily: Dinidorinae
Genus: Coridius
Illiger, 1807
Synonyms
  • Amacosia Spinola, 1850
  • Aspongopus Laporte, 1833
  • Peltagopus Signoret, 1861
  • Spongopodium Spinola, 1837

Coridius is a genus of dinidorid bugs. They suck sap mainly from plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. About forty species are known with a native distribution mainly in Africa and Asia.[1] Several species are eaten in parts of South and Southeast Asia.[2] Some species have extended into Europe and are considered as pests on cucurbit crops.

References

  1. ^ Durai, P. S. S. (1987). "A revision of the Dinidoridae of the World (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea)". Oriental Insects. 21 (1): 163–360. doi:10.1080/00305316.1987.11835477.
  2. ^ Hoffman, William E. (1947). "Insects as human food". Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49: 233–237.