Gelastocoris

Gelastocoris is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Gelastocoris.^[1][2][3]

Gelastocoris oculatus

Gelastocoris Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gelastocoris oculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Gelastocoridae
Genus:	Gelastocoris Kirkaldy, 1897

Species

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

• †Gelastocoris curiosus Poinar and Brown 2016^[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. "Gelastocoris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Gelastocoris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Gelastocoris genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. 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

• 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

• Media related to Gelastocoris at Wikimedia Commons