Dysdercus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Pyrrhocoroidea

Familia: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Dysdercus
Species: D. andreae – D. bimaculatus – D. concinnus – D. mimulus – D. mimus – D. obliquus – D. obscuratus – D. peruvianus – D. suturellus
Name

Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
References
Primary references

Question
Boisduval, J.B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le Commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des Insectes Nouveaux Recueillis Pendant le voyage, Deuxième Partie. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu (Paris) viii + 716 pp. BHL Reference page. [p. 640]

Additional references

Doesburg, P.H. van, jr. 1968: A revision of the New World species of Dysdercus Guérin Méneville (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae). Zoologische verhandelingen, (97) abstract and pdf

Freeman, P. 1947: A revision of the genus Dysdercus Boisduval (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae), excluding the American species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 98(8): 373–424. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1947.tb01056.x

Vernacular names
magyar: gyapotpoloska

Dysdercus is a widespread genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae; a number of species attacking cotton bolls may be called "cotton stainers".

Description

Species may be confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head. They can be readily distinguished from most other genera of Pyrrhocoridae by the strong white markings at the junction of the head and thorax, and along the sides of the thorax, and often abdomen.
Species

BioLib lists the following:[1]

subgenus Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Dysdercus andreae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dysdercus bimaculatus (Stål, 1854)
Dysdercus cardinalis Gerstäcker, 1873
Dysdercus concinnus Stål, 1861
Dysdercus fasciatus Signoret, 1861 - cotton stainer (Africa)
Dysdercus mimulus Hussey, 1929
Dysdercus mimus (Say, 1832)
Dysdercus nigrofasciatus Stål, 1855
Dysdercus obliquus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1843)
Dysdercus obscuratus Distant, 1883
Dysdercus peruvianus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 - type species
Dysdercus suturellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1842) - cotton stainer (USA)

subgenus Leptophthalmus Stål, 1870

Dysdercus decussatus Boisduval, 1835
Dysdercus fuscomaculatus Stål, 1863

subgenus Paradysdercus Stehlík, 1965

Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton bug
Dysdercus evanescens Distant, 1902
Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius, 1775) - red cotton stainer (Indian subcontinent)
Dysdercus poecilus (Harrich-Schaeffer)
Dysdercus sidae Montrouzier, 1861

incertae sedis

Dysdercus albofasciatus Berg, 1878
Dysdercus argillaceus Breddin, 1895
Dysdercus basialbus Schmidt, 1932
Dysdercus bidentatus Hussey, 1927
Dysdercus bloetei Doesburg, 1968
Dysdercus chaquensis Freiberg, 1948
Dysdercus chiriquinus Distant, 1883
Dysdercus cinctus Scudder, 1890
Dysdercus collaris Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus festivus Gerstäcker, 1892
Dysdercus flavolimbatus Stål, 1861
Dysdercus haemorrhoidalis Signoret, 1858
Dysdercus honestus Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus imitator Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus immarginatus Blöte, 1931
Dysdercus impictiventris Stål, 1870
Dysdercus insularis Stål, 1870
Dysdercus intermedius Distant, 1902 - cotton stainer (Africa)
Dysdercus longiceps Breddin, 1901
Dysdercus longirostris Stål, 1861
Dysdercus lunulatus Uhler, 1861
Dysdercus maurus Distant, 1901
Dysdercus melanoderes Karsch, 1892
Dysdercus mesiostigma Distant
Dysdercus mimuloides Blöte, 1933
Dysdercus monostigma Kirby
Dysdercus ochreatus (Say, 1832)
Dysdercus orientalis Schouteden, 1910
Dysdercus pretiosus Distant, 1902
Dysdercus ruficeps (Perty, 1833)
Dysdercus ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Dysdercus rusticus Stål, 1870
Dysdercus sanguinarius Stål, 1870
Dysdercus scassellati Del Guercio, 1918
Dysdercus stehliki Schaefer, 2013
Dysdercus superstitiosus (Fabricius, 1775)
Dysdercus unicolor Scudder, 1890
Dysdercus wilhelminae van Doesburg, 1968

References

"BioLib.cz: Genus Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831". biolib.cz. Retrieved 21 May 2020.