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Carcinocoris
Sign in to saveCarcinocoris is a genus of Asian ambush bugs, erected by Anton Handlirsch in 1897. These insects are typical of the tribe Carcinocorini and like the two other genera are notable in having claw-like modifications to their forelegs for capturing prey. Species have been recorded from southern China and Indochina.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyReduviidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- UCR
- Recorded in
- Thailand
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Carcinocoris is a genus of Asian ambush bugs, erected by Anton Handlirsch in 1897. These insects are typical of the tribe Carcinocorini and like the two other genera are notable in having claw-like modifications to their forelegs for capturing prey. Species have been recorded from southern China and Indochina.
== Species == The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: Carcinocoris bilineatus Carcinocoris binghami Carcinocoris castetsi Carcinocoris erinaceus Carcinocoris indicus Carcinocoris ochraceus Carcinocoris yunnanus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcinocoris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.