Pycanum

Pycanum
Pycanum rubens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tessaratomidae
Tribe: Tessaratomini
Genus: Pycanum
Amyot & Serville, 1843

Pycanum is a genus of bugs in the family Tessaratomidae. Species are mostly recorded from southern China, Indochina and Malesia.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:

  1. †Pycanum griseum Piton, 1940
  2. Pycanum occidentale Ghate, More & Magnien, 2020
  3. Pycanum ochraceum Distant, 1893
  4. Pycanum oculatum Jensen-Haarup, 1931
  5. Pycanum ponderosum Stål, 1854
  6. Pycanum pretiosum Stål, 1854
  7. Pycanum rubens (Fabricius, 1794) (= P. alternatum Lepeletier & Serville, 1828)
  8. †Pycanum vanvollenhoveni Piton, 1940

Note NCBI also includes "Pycanum sp. simplicicollis"

References

  1. ↑ Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville JG (1843) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 676 pp.
  2. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Pycanum Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 4 April 2026)