Dindymus
Sign in to saveDindymus 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.
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It sits within the topics Hemiptera of Africa, Hemiptera of Asia and Pentatomomorpha genera.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 216
- Family
- Pyrrhocoridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, UMNH, NMV, INHS, OMNH
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Burma, Madagascar, Australia, Philippines, Ghana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pyrrhocoridae
- Image
- Dindymus versicolor from CSIRO.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dindymus
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- genus
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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.
==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.
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