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Genus of true bugs
Dindymus is
Old World
genus of
true bugs in the family
Pyrrhocoridae . Records of occurrence include Africa, but most are in SE Asia and Australia.
[1]
Description
These bugs are often coloured red/orange and black; they may be confused with bugs in the family
Lygaeidae , but can be distinguished by the lack of
ocelli on the head.
Species
BioLib
[2] lists:
subgenus Cornidindymus Stehlík, 2005
Dindymus abdominalis Distant, 1914
Dindymus griseus Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus straeleni Schouteden, 1933
subgenus Dindymus Stål, 1861
Dindymus albicornis (Fabricius, 1803)
Dindymus albomarginatus Stehlík, 2007
Dindymus brevis Blöte, 1931
Dindymus chinensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Dindymus croesus Distant, 1914
Dindymus decisus Walker, 1873
Dindymus decolor Breddin, 1900
Dindymus flavipennis Blöte, 1931
Dindymus lanius Stål, 1863
Dindymus medogensis S.L. Liu, 1981
Dindymus punctithorax Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus pyrochrous (Boisduval, 1835)
Dindymus rubiginosus (Fabricius, 1787)
Dindymus sanguineus (Fabricius, 1794)
subgenus Limadindymus Stehlík, 2005
subgenus Pseudodindymus Stehlík, 2009
Dindymus sandakan Stehlík, 2010
incertae sedis
Dindymus amboinensis (Fabricius, 1803)
Dindymus basifer Walker, 1873
Dindymus bifurcatus Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Dindymus bougainvillensis Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus circumcinctus Stål, 1863
Dindymus constanti Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Dindymus dembickyi Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus fecialis Stål, 1863
Dindymus flammeolus (Distant, 1901)
Dindymus kokadanus Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus lautereri Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus malayensis Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus minutus Blöte, 1933
Dindymus nitidicollis Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus pectoralis Schmidt, 1932
Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863
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Dindymus rubriventris Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus talaudensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Dindymus thunbergi Stål, 1856.
Dindymus ventralis Mayr, 1866
Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853)
Dindymus webbi Stehlík, 2006
Dindymus wynigerae Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Several species in the genus are beneficial predators, including
D. rubiginosus ,
D. pulcher . and
D. pyrochrous , but one species (
D. versicolor ) is a minor plant pest.
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References
External links
Media related to
Dindymus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Dindymus at Wikispecies