Nesidiocoris

Nesidiocoris
Nesidiocoris tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Bryocorinae
Tribe: Dicyphini
Genus: Nesidiocoris
Kirkaldy, 1902
Synonyms
  • Cyrtopeltis Nesidiocoris Carvalho 1958
  • Gallobelicus Distant, 1904
  • Gallobellicus Oshanin, 1912

Nesidiocoris is a genus of capsid bugs in the tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Dicyphina), erected by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1902. Species have been recorded from the African, Palaearctic, Oriental and Australasian realms; the type species, Nesidiocoris volucer Kirkaldy, 1902 is from West Africa.

Species

The On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs includes:

  1. Nesidiocoris alkannae (Linnavuori, 1975)
  2. Nesidiocoris atricornis (Distant, 1913)
  3. Nesidiocoris brunneicollis (Linnavuori, 1975)
  4. Nesidiocoris caesar (Ballard, 1927)
  5. Nesidiocoris callani (Odhiambo, 1961)
  6. Nesidiocoris cruentatus (Ballard, 1927)
  7. Nesidiocoris dilutus (Odhiambo, 1961)
  8. Nesidiocoris echinopis (Linnavuori and Al-Safadi, 1993)
  9. Nesidiocoris flavoviridis (Linnavuori, 1975)
  10. Nesidiocoris floridus (Odhiambo, 1961)
  11. Nesidiocoris kristenseni (Poppius, 1914)
  12. Nesidiocoris leontion (Linnavuori, 1974)
  13. Nesidiocoris longicornis (Linnavuori, 1975)
  14. Nesidiocoris macfiei (Poppius, 1914)
  15. Nesidiocoris montivaga (Linnavuori, 1975)
  16. Nesidiocoris nigricornis (Linnavuori, 1974)
  17. Nesidiocoris pallens (Poppius, 1914)
  18. Nesidiocoris plebejus (Poppius, 1915)
  19. Nesidiocoris poppiusi (Carvalho, 1958)
  20. Nesidiocoris pulchricornis (Poppius, 1914)
  21. Nesidiocoris scutellaris (Poppius, 1914)
  22. Nesidiocoris tabaci (Froggatt, 1920)
  23. Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895)
  24. Nesidiocoris tuberculifer (Linnavuori, 1975)
  25. Nesidiocoris volucer Kirkaldy, 1902

References

  1. ↑ Kirkaldy GW (1902) Memoir upon the Rhyncotal family Capsidae Auctt. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902: 243--272, pls. V & VI.
  2. 1 2 On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) genus Nesidiocoris (retrieved 10 July 2026)