List of bugs of Nepal (Scutelleridae)

The following is a list of bugs of the family Scutelleridae of Nepal. Seventeen different species are listed.

This list is primarily based on V.K. Thapa's 2000 "An Inventory of Nepal's Insects"[1] and Samudra Lal Joshi's 2001 "Reference Insects of Nepal"[2] with some recent additions and a modernized classification.

• Calliphara excellens
• Cantao ocellatus
• Chrysocoris patricius
• Chrysocoris pulchellus[3]
• Chrysocoris stolli
• Eucorysses grandis
• Lamprocoris roylii
• Poecilocoris childreni
• Poecilocoris crowleyi
• Poecilocoris hardwickii
• Poecilocoris druraei syn. Poecilocoris heissi [4]
• Poecilocoris interruptus
• Poecilocoris nepalensis
• Poecilocoris orientalis[4]
• Poecilocoris ornatus
• Poecilocoris pseudolatus[4]
• Poecilocoris purpurascens
• Solenostethium rubropunctatum

See also

• List of butterflies of Nepal
• Odonata of Nepal
• Cerambycidae of Nepal
• Wildlife of Nepal

References

1. Thapa, V.K. (2000). An Inventory of Nepal's Insects, Vol. III. Kathmandu, Nepal: IUCN, Nepal. ISBN 92-9144-049-3.
2. Joshi, Samudra Lal; Manandhar, D.N. (2001). Reference Insects of Nepal. Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal: Entomology Division, Nepal Agriculture Research Council, Khumaltar.
3. K.C., Sajan; Khadka, Anjali; Kafle, Kapil (2018). "Study of Jewel Bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)of Hilly Regions of Nepal". Journal of the Plant Protection Society. 5: 139–147.
4. Ahmad, I; Kamaluddin, S (1982). "A revision of the genus Poecilocoris Dallas(Pentatomoidea: Scutellerldae) from IndoPakistan subcontinent with descriptions ofthree new species". Oriental Insects. 16 (3): 259–295. doi:10.1080/00305316.1982.10434316.