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Red Bugs
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhocoridae is a family of insects with more than 300 species world-wide. Many are red in colour and are known as red bugs, and some species are called cotton stainers because their feeding activities leave an indelible yellow-brownish stain on cotton crops. A common species in parts of Europe is the firebug, and its genus name Pyrrhocoris and the family name are derived from the Greek roots for fire "pyrrho-" and bug "coris". Members of this family are often confused with, but can be quickly separated from, Lygaeidae by the lack of ocelli (simple eyes) on the top of the head.
30 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pyrrhocoris
genusPyrrhocoris
Cotton Stainer Bugs
genusDysdercus
Dindymus
genusDindymus
Scantius
genusScantius
Probergrothius
genusProbergrothius
Antilochus
genusAntilochus
Cenaeus
genusCenaeus
Melamphaus
genusMelamphaus
Pyrrhopeplus
genusPyrrhopeplus
Euscopus
genusEuscopus
Ectatops
genusEctatops
Roscius
genusRoscius
Armatillus
genusArmatillus
Aderrhis
genusAderrhis
Piezodera
genusPiezodera
Syncrotus
genusSyncrotus
Myrmoplasta
genusMyrmoplasta
Australodindymus
genusAustralodindymus
Pseudindra
genusPseudindra
Callibaphus
genusCallibaphus
Brancucciana
genusBrancucciana
Neodindymus
genusNeodindymus
Dermatinus
genusDermatinus
Sicnatus
genusSicnatus
Indra
genusIndra
Paraectatops
genusParaectatops
Stictaulax
genusStictaulax
Paradindymus
genusParadindymus
Schaeferiana
genusSchaeferiana
Neoindra
genusNeoindra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55612.