Lanchnophorus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. It occurs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Description Bugs of this genus are oblong and oval in shape. They are covered in dense dark punctures and long dense setae. The antennae are short and often thick. The pronotum is nearly quadrate and has a broad, carinate lateral margin. The hemelytra are either macropterous or slightly abbreviated. The clavus has three rows of punctures.
Species The following species are included in genus Lanchnophorus:
Lanchnophorus flavus (Scudder, 1971) Lanchnophorus gaoqingae Kment & Jindra, 2017 Lanchnophorus guttulatus Reuter, 1887 Lanchnophorus leucospilus (Walker, 1872) Lanchnophorus merula (Distant, 1904) Lanchnophorus seminitens Kment & Carapezza, 2017 Lanchnophorus singalensis (Dohrn, 1860) Lanchnophorus webbi Kondorosy, 2017
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