Helcomeria is a genus of coreid bug found in Asia. The genus was established on the basis of the species described as Petascelis spinosus by Signoret in 1851. Helcomeria spinosa is found in China in Yunnan, in Tibet, in India (Sikkim, Nagaland), Bhutan, Myanmar and Laos. The second species in the genus H. osheai is found south of Laos.[1]

Helcomeria
Helcomeria spinosa (Signoret, 1851)
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Helcomeria

Stål, 1873
Type species
Helcomeria spinosa (Signoret, 1851)

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  1. ^ Schaefer, C.W.; Zettel, H. (2006). "A review of Helcomeria Stål, 1873 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Coreidae), with the description of a new species from Vietnam". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 108: 67–75. JSTOR 41767359.

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