Zicrona
Genus of true bugs
| Zicrona | |
|---|---|
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| Nymph of Zicrona caerulea preying a larva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Subfamily: | Asopinae |
| Genus: | Zicrona Amyot & Serville 1843[1] |
Zicrona is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word זכרון (zicron) meaning "odorant".[1]
Species
As of 2017[update], the following four species are recognized:[2]
- Zicrona americana Thomas, 1992
- Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue Bug
- Zicrona hisarensis Chopra & Sucheta, 1984
- Zicrona murreensis Rana & Ahmad, 1988
References
- ^ a b Amyot, C.-J.-B.; Audinet Serville, [J. G.] (1843). "Genre 53. Zicrone. Zicrona". Hémiptères. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Paris: Roret. pp. 86–87.
- ^ Biolib
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