Dindymus is Old World genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. Records of occurrence include Africa, but most are in South East Asia and Australia.Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Dindymus Stål, 1861 (retrieved 26 April 2024)
Description These bugs are often coloured red/orange and black; they may be confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head.
Species BioLibbiolib.cz: genus Dindymus Stål, 1861 (retrieved 25 October 2021) lists: subgenus Cornidindymus Stehlík, 2005 Dindymus abdominalis Distant, 1914 Dindymus griseus Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus straeleni Schouteden, 1933 subgenus Dindymus Stål, 1861
Dindymus albicornis (Fabricius, 1803) Dindymus albomarginatus Stehlík, 2007 Dindymus brevis Blöte, 1931 Dindymus chinensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 Dindymus croesus Distant, 1914 Dindymus decisus Walker, 1873 Dindymus decolor Breddin, 1900 Dindymus flavipennis Blöte, 1931 Dindymus lanius Stål, 1863 Dindymus medogensis S.L. Liu, 1981 Dindymus punctithorax Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus pyrochrous (Boisduval, 1835) Dindymus rubiginosus (Fabricius, 1787) Dindymus sanguineus (Fabricius, 1794)
subgenus Limadindymus Stehlík, 2005
Dindymus brunneus (Stehlík, 2005) Dindymus dispersus Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus kotheae (Stehlík, 2005) Dindymus montanellus (Stehlík, 2005) Dindymus riedeli (Stehlík, 2005) Dindymus schoenitzeri (Stehlík, 2005)
subgenus Pseudodindymus Stehlík, 2009 Dindymus sandakan Stehlík, 2010 incertae sedis
Dindymus amboinensis (Fabricius, 1803) Dindymus basifer Walker, 1873 Dindymus bifurcatus Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 Dindymus bougainvillensis Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus circumcinctus Stål, 1863 Dindymus constanti Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 Dindymus dembickyi Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus fecialis Stål, 1863 Dindymus flammeolus (Distant, 1901) Dindymus kokadanus Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus lautereri Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus malayensis Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus minutus Blöte, 1933 Dindymus nitidicollis Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus pectoralis Schmidt, 1932 Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863NCBI: Dindymus pulcher Stal, 1863 Dindymus rubriventris Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus talaudensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 Dindymus thunbergi Stål, 1856. Dindymus ventralis Mayr, 1866 Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853) Dindymus webbi Stehlík, 2006 Dindymus wynigerae Stehlík & Jindra, 2006
Several species in the genus are beneficial predators, including D. rubiginosus, D. pulcher. and D. pyrochrous, but one species (D. versicolor) is a minor plant pest.Jackson, R.R. & Barrion, A. (2004) Heteropteran predation on terrestrial gastropods. Chapter 9 (p. 484) in Barker, G.M. (ed.) Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing.
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