Diolcus

Diolcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Subfamily:	Pachycorinae
Genus:	Diolcus Mayr, 1864

Diolcus is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least three described species in Diolcus.^[1][2][3]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Diolcus:

• Diolcus chrysorrhoeus (Fabricius, 1803)
• Diolcus irroratus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Diolcus variegatus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836)

References

1. "Diolcus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Diolcus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Diolcus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Eger, J. E. Jr.; Lattin, J. D. (1995). "Generic placement and synonymy of some New World Scutelleridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 103 (4): 412–420. JSTOR 25010192.
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
• McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.