Gelastocoris is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Gelastocoris.[1][2][3]
| Gelastocoris Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Gelastocoridae |
| Genus: | Gelastocoris Kirkaldy, 1897 |
Species edit
These 23 species belong to the genus Gelastocoris:
- Gelastocoris amazonensis Melin, 1929
- Gelastocoris andinus Melin, 1929
- Gelastocoris apureensis Melin, 1929
- Gelastocoris barberi Torre-Bueno
- Gelastocoris bolivianus De Carlo, 1954
- Gelastocoris bufo (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
- Gelastocoris curiosus Poinar & Brown, 2016
- Gelastocoris decarloi Estévez & Schnack, 1977
- Gelastocoris flavus (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
- Gelastocoris fuscus Martin, 1929
- Gelastocoris hungerfordi Melin, 1929
- Gelastocoris major Montandon, 1910
- Gelastocoris martinezi De Carlo, 1954
- Gelastocoris monrosi De Carlo, 1959
- Gelastocoris nebulosus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Gelastocoris oculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (big-eyed toad bug)
- Gelastocoris paraguayensis De Carlo, 1954
- Gelastocoris peruensis Melin, 1929
- Gelastocoris quadrimaculatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Gelastocoris rotundatus Champion, 1901
- Gelastocoris vandamepompanoni Boulard & Jauffret, 1984
- Gelastocoris vicinus Champion, 1901
- Gelastocoris viridis Todd, 1955
Extinct species edit
- †Gelastocoris curiosus Poinar and Brown 2016[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References edit
- ^ "Gelastocoris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gelastocoris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gelastocoris genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Poinar, George; Brown, Alex E. (August 2016). "Toad bugs (Hemiptera: Gelastocoridae) in Myanmar amber". Cretaceous Research. 63: 39–44. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.013. ISSN 0195-6671.
Further reading edit
- Todd, Edward L. (1955). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera)". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 37 (11): 277–475. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1590. hdl:1808/26411.
- Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
External links edit
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