Loricula

Loricula
female L. elegantula from Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Microphysidae
Genus:	Loricula Curtis, 1833

Loricula is a genus of minute bladder bugs in the family Microphysidae. There are more than 20 described species in Loricula. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

male L. elegantula from Germany

These 25 species belong to the genus Loricula:

• Loricula bedeli (Montandon, 1887)
• Loricula bipunctata (Perris, 1857)
• Loricula blascoi Ribes & Pericart, 1996
• Loricula distinguenda Reuter, 1884
• Loricula elegantula (Bärensprung, 1858)
• Loricula freyi (Lindberg, 1932)
• Loricula hispanica Pericart, 1972
• Loricula jakovlevi Pericart, 1969
• Loricula josifovi Simov, 2008
• Loricula lundbladi China, 1938
• Loricula meinanderi Pericart, 1972
• Loricula pselaphiformis Curtis, 1833
• Loricula ruficeps (Reuter, 1884)
• Loricula rufoscutellata (Baerensprung, 1857)
• Loricula spec Dames, 1885
• Loricula stenocephala Ribes, 1985
• † Loricula ablusa Popov, 2006
• † Loricula ceranowiczae Popov, 2004
• † Loricula damzeni Popov, 2004
• † Loricula finitima Popov, 2006
• † Loricula heissi Popov, 2006
• † Loricula ocellata Popov, 2006
• † Loricula perkovskyi (Putshkov & Popov, 2003)
• † Loricula polonica Popov & Herczek, 2008
• † Loricula samlandi Popov, 2006

References

1. "Loricula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Loricula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Loricula genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

• Schwartz, M. D.; Schmidt, M. J. A.; Humble, L. M. (1991). "First record of a European bug, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), in the Nearctic Region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 123 (5): 1149–1151. doi:10.4039/Ent1231149-5.
• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.498.8756 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.

External links

• Media related to Loricula at Wikimedia Commons