Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers. Records of occurrence are mainly in the Palaearctic realm, with some from North America and East Asia.Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814 (retrieved 26 April 2024)
Species Species in the genus include:Gapon, D. A. (2007). Structure, function, and morphological conformity of the male and female genitalia in the true bug genus Pyrrhocoris Fall. (Hymenoptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Entomological Review 87(9) 1099-1108.Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814. Biota Taiwanica. Petr Kment (2021). A review of the fossil taxa originally assigned to Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Pyrrhocoris apterus Pyrrhocoris fuscopunctatus Pyrrhocoris marginatus Pyrrhocoris niger Pyrrhocoris rottensis Pyrrhocoris sibiricus Pyrrhocoris sinuaticollis Pyrrhocoris tibialis
The best known species by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug,Socha, R. (1993). Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) - an experimental model species: A review. Eur J Entomol 90 241-86. sap sucking bug,Pyrrhocoris apterus. UniProt Taxonomy. and red soldier bug.Stackebrandt, E., et al. (2013). Complete genome sequence of Coriobacterium glomerans type strain (PW2T) from the midgut of Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (red soldier bug). Standards in Genomic Sciences, North America 8(1). Accessed: 22 June 2013. This species have been studied extensively as an experimental model species.
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