Lygaeoidea Species File
genus

Geocoris Fallén, 1814

Type

Cimex grylloides Linnaeus, 1761 type species of Geocoris Fallén, 1814

Nomenclature (13)

  • Geocoris Fallén, 1814

    type species Cimex grylloides Linnaeus, 1761

  • Geocoris Fallén, 1814 in Ashlock & Slater, 1988: 181-187.
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  • Geocoris Fallén, 1814 in Kóbor, 2022: 142, 148.
  • Geocoris Fallén, 1814 in Brailovsky, 2025: 2.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Ashlock, P.D. & Slater, A. (1988) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (= Infericornes Amyot and Serville, 1843< Myodochidae Kirkaldy, 1899< Geocoridae Kirkaldy, 1902). In Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill Publ., Leiden and New York. pp. 167–245.
  • Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. (2005) In The Lygaeidae of the West Indies. University of Florida, IFAS. i-x, 266 pp.
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  • Brailovsky, H. (2025) Three Morphological Groups of South American Geocoris Fallén, Five New Species and Key to Species Belonging to the “flavilineus” Group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae). Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society, 2(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.11646/jihs.2.1.1
  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
  • Fallén, C.F. (1814) Specimen novam Hemiptera disponendi methodum exhibens (dissertation) (2 pts.). Specimen novam Hemiptera disponendi methodum exhibens (dissertation).
  • Kóbor, P. (2019) Umbrageocoris kondorosyi: A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF BIG-EYED BUGS FROM NEW GUINEA (HETEROPTERA: LYGAEOIDEA: GEOCORIDAE). 65(1), 1–8.
  • Kóbor, P. (2020) An overview of the big-eyed bug fauna of French Polynesia (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae). 4743(3), 359–370.
  • Kóbor, P. (2022) A redefinition of Umbrageocoris with new species and new combinations (Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Geocoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 69(2), 139–150.
  • Malipatil, M.B. (1994) Revision of Australian Geocoris Fallen and Stylogeocoris Montandon (Heteroptera : Lygaeidae : Geocorinae). 8, 299–327.
  • Péricart, J. (1999) Hémiptères Lygaeidae euro-méditerranéens. Vol 1. Généralités. Systématique: Premiere partie. In Faune de France, France et régions limitrophes. 84A, Fédération française des Sociétés des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 468 pp.
  • Péricart, J. (2001) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 - Seed-bugs. Vol. 4, pp. 35–220.
  • Sweet, M.H. (2000) Economic importance of predation by Big-Eyed Bugs (Geocoridae). pp. 713–724.
  • Zhou, Y., Cai, B. & Gao, C. (2021) A new species of Geocoris Fallén (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae) from Hainan Province, China. Entomotaxonomia, 43(1), 1–6.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
subgenus3047
species1491281431
subspecies23083106