Poecilocoris druraei

Poecilcoris druraei is a species of jewel bug described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.[1] It is in the family Scutelleridae and is native to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.[2]

Poecilocoris druraei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Genus: Poecilocoris
Species:
P. druraei
Binomial name
Poecilocoris druraei
Linnaeus, 1771

Taxonomy

Poecilcoris druraei has no subspecies, hower it does have one junior synonym, P. watanabei (Matsumura,1913) due to a misidentification.[3]

Poecilcoris watanabei

The male "holotype" of P. watanabei is discovered sometime after the first description of it by Shonen Matsumura in 1913. Upon it, this holotype is almost the same to P. druraei, although the description of P. watanabei matches.[3]

Ecology

Poecilcoris druraei thrives on Morus alba, Camellia oleifera, and Camellia sinensis.[2]

References

  1. "Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. "Poecilocoris druraei species page". THAILAND NATURE PROJECT. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. "Poecilocoris druraei Linnaeus 1771 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.


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