Pyrrhocoris | |
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Pyrrhocoris apterus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Pyrrhocoridae |
Genus: |
Pyrrhocoris Fallén, 1814 |
Species | |
Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers. Records of ocurrence are mainly in the Palaearctic realm, with some from North America and East Asia. [1]
Species in the genus include: [2] [3] [1]
The best known species by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug, [4] sap sucking bug, [5] and red soldier bug. [6] Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively. [4]