Cavelerius

Cavelerius is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae. A review by Gao and Zhou (2021) listed 13 total species, including 3 newly discovered species.[2] The insects of this genus feed by sucking the sap out of the stems and leaves of grasses and grass-like plants. The species C. saccharivorus is a major pest of sugarcane in Southeast Asia and Japan, and the species C. excavatus and C. sweeti are major pests of sugarcane in India.[3]

Cavelerius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Blissidae
Genus: Cavelerius
Distant, 1903[1]

List of species
  • Cavelerius antennatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius excavatus Distant, 1901 - black bug of sugarcane
  • Cavelerius illustris Distant, 1903 (type species)
  • Cavelerius minor Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius mishmiensis Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius nigrivena Gao & Zhou, 2021
  • Cavelerius nigrolimbatus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius obscuratus Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius parvimaculatus Gao & Zhou, 2021
  • Cavelerius sweeti Slater & Miyamoto, 1963
  • Cavelerius saccharivorus Okajima, 1922 - oriental chinch bug
  • Cavelerius tinctus Distant, 1903
  • Cavelerius yunnanensis Gao & Zhou, 2021

References
  1. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113.
  2. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113–132.
  3. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 114.
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