Brachycoleus

Brachycoleus is a genus of plant-feeding insects of the family Miridae.[1][2]

Brachycoleus
Brachycoleus decolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
Family:
Miridae
Genus:
Brachycoleus

Species

Species within this genus include:[3][4]

  • Brachycoleus bolivari Horvath, 1901
  • Brachycoleus decolor Reuter, 1887
  • Brachycoleus lineellus Jakovlev, 1884
  • Brachycoleus pilicornis (Panzer, 1805)
  • Brachycoleus sexvittatus Reuter, 1877
  • Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877
  • Brachycoleus triangularis (Goeze, 1778)

Description
Brachycoleus triangularis

Species within this genus are quite large and broad. Males usually are slender than the females. Head is wide and short. Bodies are covered with erect and semierect yellowish fine hairs. Basic color may be mainly red, orange and yellow, with black markings.[5]

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References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Nomenclator Zoologicus
  3. GBIF
  4. Fauna europaea
  5. R. Hosseini A Review on the Genus Brachycoleus (Hemiptera, Miridae) with Identification Key to the Species Found in Iran


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