''Sulawesifulvius'' is a genus of true bugs in the family
Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is th ...
. The genus was described in 2004 based on a specimen collected by
fogging of the forest canopy in
Sulawesi. It was found to be unlike any other members in the subfamily
Cylapinae
Cylapinae is a subfamily of plant bug. Bugs in this group tend to forage actively on fungus covered rotten logs in humid tropical forests.
Overview of genera
* '' Adcylapocoris''
* '' Afrobothriomiris''
* '' Afrofulvius''
* '' Afrovannius''
* ...
. The type species was named in honour of entomologist Randall T. Schuh. Almost nothing is known of the biology of the species.
''Sulawesifulvius'' looks similar to ''
Peritropis
''Peritropis'' is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are 94 described species in ''Peritropis''.
Species
* ''Peritropis ahmadsahae,'' Wolski and Taszakowsk, 2024
* ''Peritropis gorczycai,'' Chérot, Damken, and Taszakowski, 2024 ...
'' but is more flattened with tubercles on the vertex and frons, a short beak and prominent angles in fronts of the pronotum (top of thorax). The genus was monotypic until a second species was described in 2014 from
Yinggeling National Nature Reserve
The Yinggeling National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and ...
in the
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slight ...
Province of China,
[ a third from southern India in 2015,][ and a fourth from Thailand in 2017.][
]
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Sulawesifulvius'':
* '' Sulawesifulvius indicus'' Yeshwanth & Frédéric, 2015 - India
* '' Sulawesifulvius schuhi'' Gorczyca, Cherot, & Stys, 2004 - Sulawesi, Indonesia
* '' Sulawesifulvius thailandicus'' Wolski, Yasunaga & Gorczyca, 2017 - Thailand
* '' Sulawesifulvius yinggelingensis'' Mu & Liu, 2014 - Hainan, China
References
External links
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Miridae genera
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