Xylocoris

Xylocoris is a genus of bugs in the family Lyctocoridae. There are pproximately 50 described species in Xylocoris worldwide. Nearly 30 species occur in the Palaearctic Region, 10 are known from the Nearctic Region, and 6 from the Oriental Region.They occur in various habitats, often found under plant litter and under tree bark where they feed on small arthropods.[1][2][3][4] Certain species (X. afer, X. cerealis, X. cursitans, X. flavipes, X. galactinus, X. hyalinipennis, X. queenslandicus, X. sordidus, X. vicarius) inhabit stored food facilities.[5]

Xylocoris cursitans

Xylocoris
Xylocoris galactinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lyctocoridae
Tribe: Xylocorini
Genus: Xylocoris
Dufour, 1831
Synonyms
  • Piezostethus Fieber, 1860

Species
  • Xylocoris afer (Reuter, 1884)
  • Xylocoris betulinus Drake and Harris, 1926
  • Xylocoris californicus (Reuter, 1884)
  • Xylocoris cerealis Yamada & Yasunaga, 2006
  • Xylocoris cursitans (Fallén, 1807)
  • Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter, 1875) (warehouse pirate bug)
  • Xylocoris formicetorum (Boheman, 1844)
  • Xylocoris galactinus (Fieber, 1837)
  • Xylocoris hirtus Kelton, 1976
  • Xylocoris hiurai Kerzhner & Elov, 1976
  • Xylocoris lativentris (J. Sahlberg, 1870)
  • Xylocoris obliquus A. Costa, 1853
  • Xylocoris parvulus (Reuter, 1871)
  • Xylocoris pilipes Kelton, 1976
  • Xylocoris punctatus Kelton, 1976
  • Xylocoris queenslandicus Gross, 1954
  • Xylocoris sordidus (Reuter, 1871)
  • Xylocoris vicarius (Reuter, 1884)

References
  1. Yamada, Kazutaka; Yasunaga, Tomo; Artchawakom, Taksin (2013). "The genus Xylocoris found from plant debris in Thailand, with description of a new species of the subgenus Arrostelus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 53 (2): 493–504.
  2. "Xylocoris Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. "Xylocoris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. "Xylocoris Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  5. Hagstrum, D.W.; Subramanyam, B. (2009). Stored-Product Insect Resource. St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: AACC International Inc.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.


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