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Genus Chelinidea

long-headed bugs on cactus - Chelinidea vittiger

Coreid nymph on prickly pear - Chelinidea tabulata

Cactus Coreid nymphs - Chelinidea vittiger

Chelinidea vittiger? - Chelinidea vittiger

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Chelinideini

Genus Chelinidea

Other Common Names

Cactus Bugs

Explanation of Names

Chelinidea Uhler 1863

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1), 5 total(2)

Identification

see (2)(3)

Range

New World (US to Venezuela); in our area, C. vittiger transcontinental north to VA‒NE‒sw.Canada, the rest in sw. US(2); 3 spp. introduced to Australia(4)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	A review of the cactus bugs of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae) Herring J.L. 1980. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 82: 237-251.

3.	A review of the genus Chelinidea (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) with biological data Hamlin J.C. 1924. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 17: 193-208.

4.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2005 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 October, 2023 - 4:23pm

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