Kleidocerys

Kleidocerys
Kleidocerys resedae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Lygaeidae
Subfamily:	Ischnorhynchinae
Genus:	Kleidocerys Stephens, 1829
Synonyms
Ischnorhynchus Fieber, 1860

Kleidocerys is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about 16 described species in Kleidocerys.

Kleidocerys resedae

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Kleidocerys:

• Kleidocerys costaricensis Cervantes, L. & H. Brailovsky, 2010 ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys denticollis (Stal, C., 1874) ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys dimidiatus Barber, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Kleidocerys ericae (Horvath, G., 1909) ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys franciscanus (Stål, 1859) ^{i c g}
• Kleidocerys modestus Barber, 1953 ^{i c g b}
• Kleidocerys nubilus (Distant, W.L., 1883) ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys obovatus (Van Duzee, 1931) ^{i c g}
• Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953 ^{i c g b}
• Kleidocerys pallipes Brailovsky, H., 1976 ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys pictipes Stål, 1874 ^g
• Kleidocerys punctatus (Distant, W.L., 1893) ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer, 1797) ^{i c g b} (birch catkin bug)
• Kleidocerys suffusus Barber, H.G., 1947 ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys truncatulus (Walker, F., 1872) ^{c g}
• Kleidocerys virescens (Fabricius, 1794) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-0-916846-44-2.
• Slater, James Alexander (1964). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. University of Connecticut.
• Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.

External links

• Media related to Kleidocerys at Wikimedia Commons