Xylocoridea

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Xylocoridea
Xylocoridea brevipennis (Anthocoridae), Kampina, the Netherlands.jpg
Xylocoridea brevipennis, Kampina, the Netherlands
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Anthocoridae
Subfamily: Anthocorinae
Tribe: Dufouriellini
Genus: Xylocoridea
Reuter, 1876
Species:
X. brevipennis
Binomial name
Xylocoridea brevipennis
Reuter, 1876

Xylocoridea is a monotypic genus of exclusively European flower bugs in the tribe Dufouriellini, erected by Odo Reuter in 1876. [1] The " xylo- " prefix indicates that these insects are associated with wood.

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Species

The single species Xylocoridea brevipennisReuter, 1876 [2] is recorded from Europe including: France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and the British Isles (mostly southern England). [3] [4] This species is commonly found under bark in deciduous and coniferous woodland, with recorded trees including: Pinus, Platanus and Tilia . [5]

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References

  1. Reuter, O. M. (1876). "Diagnoses praecursoriae Hemipterorum–Heteropterorum". Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques. 2 (152): 54–55.
  2. BioLib.cz: genus Xylocoridea Reuter, 1876 (retrieved 11 April 2022)
  3. Southwood TRE, Leston D (1959) Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles Warne.
  4. GBIF: Xylocoridea Reuter, 1876 (retrieved 11 April 2022)
  5. BRC Database of Insects and their Food Plants: Xylocoridea Reuter (retrieved 11 April 2022)