Orsilochides

Orsilochides
Orsilochides scurrilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Subfamily:	Pachycorinae
Genus:	Orsilochides Kirkaldy, 1909

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

Species

An incomplete list of species belonging to the genus Orsilochides is as follows:

• Orsilochides guttata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
• Orsilochides leucoptera
• Orsilochides scurrilis
• Orsilochides stictica
• Orsilochides variabilis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1837)

References

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

Further reading

• Eger, J. R. Jr.; Baranowski, R. M. (2002). "Diolcus variegatus (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Scutelleridae), a Caribbean species established in south Florida". The Florida Entomologist. 85 (1): 267–269. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0267:DVHPSA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3496848.
• 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.