Cavelerius

Cavelerius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Blissidae
Genus:	Cavelerius; Distant, 1903

Cavelerius is a genus of Asian seed bugs in the family Blissidae. A review by Gao and Zhou (2021) listed 13 total species, including 3 newly discovered species. The insects of this genus feed by sucking the sap out of the stems and leaves of grasses and grass-like plants. The species C. saccharivorus is a major pest of sugarcane in Southeast Asia and Japan, and the species C. excavatus and C. sweeti are major pests of sugarcane in India.

List of species

Cavelerius antennatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius excavatus Distant, 1901 - black bug of sugarcane
Cavelerius illustris Distant, 1903 (type species)
Cavelerius minor Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius mishmiensis Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius nigrivena Gao & Zhou, 2021
Cavelerius nigrolimbatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius obscuratus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius parvimaculatus Gao & Zhou, 2021
Cavelerius sweeti Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
Cavelerius saccharivorus Okajima, 1922 - oriental chinch bug
Cavelerius tinctus Distant, 1903
Cavelerius yunnanensis Gao & Zhou, 2021

References

↑ Distant WL (1904) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp., 1–503.
↑ Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113–132.
↑ Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 114.

External links

Data related to Cavelerius at Wikispecies

[1] Distant WL (1904) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp., 1–503.

[2] Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113–132.

[3] Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 114.