Felisacus

Felisacus
Felisacus elegantulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Bryocorinae
Tribe: Dicyphini
Genus: Felisacus
Distant, 1904
Synonyms
  • Hyaloscytus Reuter, 1904
  • Liocoris Motschulsky, 1863

Felisacus is a genus of capsid bugs in the tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Monaloniina), erected by William Lucas Distant in 1904. Records of occurrence (probably incomplete) include China, Malesia, Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific islands.

Species

The On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs includes:

  1. Felisacus adamsi Carvalho, 1956
  2. Felisacus amboinae Woodward, 1954
  3. Felisacus auritulus Distant, 1913
  4. Felisacus bellus Lin, 2000
  5. Felisacus capitatus Miyamoto, 1965
  6. Felisacus carpenterae Hsiao, 1944
  7. Felisacus crassicornis Usinger, 1946
  8. Felisacus curvatus Hu and Zheng, 2001
  9. Felisacus dauloi Woodward, 1958
  10. Felisacus elegantulus (Reuter, 1904)
  11. Felisacus filicicola (Kirkaldy, 1908)
  12. Felisacus glabratus (Motschulsky, 1863) - type species
  13. Felisacus gressitti Miyamoto, 1965
  14. Felisacus insularis Miyamoto, 1965
  15. Felisacus jacobsoni Poppius, 1914
  16. Felisacus longiceps Poppius, 1915
  17. Felisacus madagascariensis Poppius, 1912
  18. Felisacus magnificus Distant, 1904
  19. Felisacus minutus Carvalho, 1981
  20. Felisacus nigrescens Carvalho, 1981
  21. Felisacus nigricornis Poppius, 1912
  22. Felisacus ochraceus Usinger, 1946
  23. Felisacus okinawanus Miyamoto, 1965
  24. Felisacus philippinensis Hsiao, 1944
  25. Felisacus rubricuneus Carvalho, 1956
  26. Felisacus usingeri Woodward, 1954

References

  1. ↑ Distant WL (1904) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 2, part 2, pp. 243--503.
  2. ↑ GBIF: genus Felisacus Distant, 1904 (retrieved 21 July 2026)
  3. ↑ On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): genus Felisacus Distant, 1904 (retrieved 21 July 2026)