Vitellus

Vitellus
Vitellus rufolineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Rhynchocorini
Genus: Vitellus
Stål, 1865

Vitellus is a genus of Asian bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae and tribe Rhynchocorini, erected by Carl Stål in 1865.[1]

Species

BioLib[2] includes:

  1. Vitellus antemna Breddin, 1900
  2. Vitellus forficuloides (Walker, 1867)
  3. Vitellus insularis Stål, 1865 - type species
  4. Vitellus mucronatus Stål, 1865
  5. Vitellus orientalis Distant, 1900
  6. Vitellus rufispinus Jensen-Haarup, 1937
  7. Vitellus rufolineus (Walker, 1867)
  8. Vitellus simpsoni Gross & McDonald, 1994
  9. Vitellus warreni Gross & McDonald, 1994

References

  1. ^ Stål C (1865) Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4) 5.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz: genus Vitellus Stål, 1865 (retrieved 8 December 2025)
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