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Kleidocerys virescens (Fabricius, 1794)

Kleidocerys thoracicus (Distant, 1893): Ischnorhynchus thoracicus. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys thoracicus (Distant, 1893): Ischnorhynchus thoracicus. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys thoracicus (Distant, 1893): Ischnorhynchus thoracicus. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys thoracicus (Distant, 1893): Ischnorhynchus thoracicus. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys championi (Distant, 1882): Ischnorhynchus championi. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys championi (Distant, 1882): Ischnorhynchus championi. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys championi (Distant, 1882): Ischnorhynchus campioni. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys championi (Distant, 1882): Ischnorhynchus championi. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Kleidocerys championi (Distant, 1882): Ischnorhynchus championi. Syntype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).

Nomenclature (35)

  • Acanthia virescens Fabricius, 1794
  • Tingis virescens (Fabricius, 1794) in Fabricius, 1803
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  • Kleidocerys virescens (Fabricius, 1794) in Wheeler & Krimmel, 2014: 203, 204.
  • Kleidocerys virescens (Fabricius, 1794) in Henry, Dellapé & de Paula, 2015: 503.

Nomenclature references (30)

  • *, W. (1941)
  • 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.
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  • Ashlock, P.D. (1960) New synonymies & generic changes in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 73, 235–238.
  • Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. (1998) The Lygaeidae of the Cayman Islands with the description of a new species of Ochrimnus (Hemiptera). Florida Ent., 81(1), 75–92.
  • Baranowski, R.M. & Slater, J.A. (2005) In The Lygaeidae of the West Indies. University of Florida, IFAS. i-x, 266 pp.
  • Barber, H.G. (1923) Report on certain families of Hemiptera-Heteroptera collected by the Barbados-Antigua expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Stud. nat. Hist. Ia Univ.
  • Barber, H.G. (1939) Scientific survey of Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands: Insects of Porto Rico & the Virgin Islands: Hemiptera-Heteroptera (excepting the Miridae & Corixidae). Sci. Surv. P. Rico, 14(3), 263–441.
  • Barber, H.G. (1947) The family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of the island of Cuba & the Isle of Pines. Mem. Soc. cubana Hist. nat., 19, 55–75.
  • Barber, H.G. (1953) A revision of the genus Kleidocerys Stephens in the United States (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 273–283.
  • Cervantes, L. & Brailovsky, H. (2010) Ischnorhynchinae from Costa Rica (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Lygaeidae) with description of one new species of Kleidocerys. Florida Ent., 93(3), 357–362.
  • Cervantes, L. & Briceño Baez, M. (2010) Life histories of the seed bugs, Kleidocerys punctatus and Kleidocerys virescens. 10, 91.1–9.
  • Distant, W.L. (1882) Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. 1. Vol. I. Biol. cent.-amer. London (v)-xx, 169–224.
  • Distant, W.L. (1893) Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. 1. Vol. I. Biol. cent.-amer. London (v)-xx, i -xx + 329–462.
  • Et Al, B. (1945)
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Entomologia systematica emendata & aucta IV. Entomologia systematica emendata & aucta IV. Hafniae: C. G. Proft pp., 4, 434 pp.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1803) Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard vi &, x + 314 pp.
  • Henry, T.J., Dellapé, P.M. & de Paula, A.S. (2015) Chapter 16. The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea). In True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Antônio Panizzi y Jocelia Grazia editores. Springer publishing Co., Inglaterra. 459–514 pp.
  • Hussey, R.F. (1952) Food plants & new records for some Hemiptera in Florida. Florida Ent., 35(3), 117–118.
  • 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.
  • Lethierry, L.F. (1881) Liste des Hemipteres recueillis par M. Delauney a la Gaudeloupe, la Martinique & Saint Barthelemy. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique.
  • Scudder, G.G.E. (1962) The Ischnorhynchinae of the world (Hemiptera:Lygaeidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond., 114(6), 163–194.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Torre-Bueno, J.R. (1946) A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico. III. Family XI. Lygaeidae. Ent. amer., 26, 1–141.
  • Uhler, P.R. (1894) On the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the island of Grenada, West Indies. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 167–224.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916) Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico. Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico. New York: N. Y. Ent. Soc., i-x, 1–111.
  • Walker, F. (1872) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V., 151–152.
  • Wheeler, A.G. & Krimmel, B.A. (2014) Kleidocerys obovatus van Duzee (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Ischnorhynchinae): New distribution records and habits of an apparent seed specialist on cypress, Hesperocyparis spp. (Cupressaceae). 116(2), 203–207.
  • Wolcott, G.N. (1936) "Insectae Borinquenses.". The Journal of the Department of Agriculture Puerto Rico, 20(1), 1–627.
  • Wolcott, G.N. (1950)

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