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Species

Geocoris (Geocoris) varius (Uhler, 1860)

CollectionObject 1596522; 3e1c0803-6dac-4348-9f0a-a60158ed1ff2: Geocoris varius HOLOTYPE (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1596522; 3e1c0803-6dac-4348-9f0a-a60158ed1ff2: Geocoris varius HOLOTYPE (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1596522; 3e1c0803-6dac-4348-9f0a-a60158ed1ff2: Geocoris varius (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Ophthalmicus varius Uhler, 1860: 229.

    Holotype; male; 3e1c0803-6dac-4348-9f0a-a60158ed1ff2; Japan: Simoda

  • Geocoris varius (Uhler, 1860) in Stål, 1874
  • Geocoris varius (Uhler, 1860) in Kóbor, Tóbiás, Roca-Cusachs & Kondorosy, 2018: 543.
  • Geocoris (Geocoris) varius (Uhler, 1860) in Kóbor, 2018: 581, 582, 583, 584, 485.

Nomenclature references (32)

  • Uhler, P.R. (1860) Hemiptera of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Com'rs Rodgers and Ringgold. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12, 221–231.
  • Scott, J. (1874) On a collection of Hemiptera-Heteroptera from Japan, descriptions of various new genera and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
  • Stål, C. (1874) Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt. 4. Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt., 12(1), 1–186. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45975#page/5/mode/1up
  • Horváth, G. (1879) Hemiptera-Heteroptera a Dom. Joanne Xantus in China & in Japonia collecta. Term-Tud. Fuz.
  • Distant, W.L. (1883) First report on the Rhynchota collected in Japan by Mr. George Lewis. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
  • Lethierry, L.F. & Severin, G. (1894) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique., II.
  • Uhler, P.R. (1896) Summary of the Hemiptera of Japan presented to the United States National Museum by Professor Mitzukuri. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1906) Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. St. Petersburg: Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1(1), 1–392.
  • Montandon, A.L. (1908) Notes diverses sur les Geocorinae & descriptions d'especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1910) Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren. St. Petersburg: Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 3, 1–218.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1912) Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi +, 187 pp.
  • Esaki, T. (1926) Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der insel Formosa. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. hung., 24, 136–189.
  • Matsumura, S. (1930) The illustrated 1000 insects of Japan Vol. I. Rhynchota. The illustrated, 1–98.
  • Matsumura, S. (1931) 6000 illustrated insects of Japanempire (in Japanese).
  • Wu, C.F. (1935) Catalogus insectorum sinensium. Catalogus insectorum sinensium, 2(1-2), 1–634.
  • Esaki, T. (1950) Hemiptera: Heteroptera. In Iconographia Insectorum Japonicorum Editio Secunda Reformata. Hokuryukan, Ltd., Tokyo. 179–270 pp.
  • Okada, Y. & Al, E. (1951) Annotated list of animals & plants of Mie Prefecture, Japan. Committee of the Biological Survey of Mie Prefecture pp., 1–352.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953) The insect fauna of Mt. Ishizuchi & Omogo Valley, Iyo, Japan. Shikoku Ent. Soc., 3(Supp.), 1–166.
  • Yanai, T. & Iga, T. (1956) Further study on the binucleated epithelial cells in the mid-intestine of Heteropterous insects. Cytologia, Tokyo, 21, 183–187.
  • Miyamoto, S. (1957) List of ovariole numbers in Japanese Heteroptera. Sieboldia, 2(1), 69–82.
  • Stichel, W. (1958) Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol. 4. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol., 4.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
  • Péricart, J. (2001) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 - Seed-bugs. Vol. 4, pp. 35–220.
  • Liu, G. & Zheng, L. (2004) Hemiptera: Lygaeidae. In Insects of the Great Yarlung Zangbo Canyon of Xizang, China. China Science and Technology Press, China. 35–37 pp.
  • Saito, N., Shimoda, T., Goto, C., Nomura, M. & Yano, E. (2005) Effects of Plants on the Foraging Behavior of Polyphagous Natural Enemies, Piocoris varius (Uhler) and Geocoris proteus Distant (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). 49(4), 231–236.
  • Oida, H. & Kadono, F. (2011) Prey consumption by Geocoris varius and G. proteus (Heteroptera: Geocoridae) provided with horticultural major pests in greenhouses. 55(4), 217–225.
  • Oida, H. & Kadono, F. (2012) Development of Geocoris varius and G. proteus (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) provided with Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs. 47, 365–372.
  • Satoh, Y., Kobori, Y., Oida, H., Nomura, M., Tanaka, H. & Tezuka, T. (2012) Effect of agrichemicals on the polyphagous predatory bug, Geocoris varius (Uhler)(Heteroptera: Geocoridae). 56(2), 43–48.
  • Igarashi, K. & Nomura, M. (2013) Application of a powdered artificial diet to promote the establishment of the predatory bug Geocoris varius (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) on strawberry plants. 48, 165–169.
  • Igarashi, K. & Nomura, M. (2013) Development and reproduction of Geocoris varius (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) on two types of artificial diet. 48, 403–407.
  • Kóbor, P. (2018) Geocoris margaretarum: description of a new species from the Oriental region with remarks on allied taxa (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae). 66, 580–586.
  • Kóbor, P., Tóbiás, I., Roca-Cusachs, M. & Kondorosy, E. (2018) The subspecies concept in Geocorinae: an integrated taxonomic case study on Geocoris (Piocoris) erythrocephalus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae). 4482(3), 541–550.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045