''Crompus'' is a genus of seed bugs in the family
Lygaeidae
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. Many species feed on seeds, some on sap or ...
. ''Crompus'' are
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...
insects in the
Ischnorhynchinae subfamily of seed bugs that are
endemic
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to
Australia
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.
[ There are three described species in ''Crompus''.][
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Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Crompus'':
* '' Crompus nesiotes'' Ashlock, 1967
* '' Crompus oculatus'' Stål, 1874
* '' Crompus opacus'' Scudder, 1958
References
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Lygaeidae
Pentatomomorpha genera
Insects described in 1874
Insects of Australia
Taxa named by Carl Stål
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