Chlorochroa Stål, 1872
 

Lioderma Uhler, 1871: 97. (junior homonym of Lioderma Marseul, 1857, Coleoptera, and Lioderma Bronn, 1860, insertae sedis)

Lioderma (Chlorochroa) Stål, 1872: 33.

Lioderma (Rhytidolomia) Stål, 1872: 33. (still recognized as a valid subgenus)

Chlorochroa: Distant, 1880: 63-64.

Pitedia Reuter, 1888: 494. (syn. by Thomas, 1983)

Liodermion Kirkaldy, 1904: 280. (unnecessary new name for Lioderma Uhler, 1871)

Type species: Lioderma: Pentatoma saucia Say, 1832, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Chlorochroa: Pentatoma ligata Say, 1831, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909).  Rhytidolomia: Pentatoma senilis Say, 1831, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909).  Pitedia: Cimex juniperinus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Comments: Three Old World species (juniperina, pinicola, & reuteriana).  The New World species fall into two subgenera.  Buxton, Thomas, & Froeschner (1983) reviewed the sayi species group of the nominate subgenus; Thomas (1983) reviewed the remaining species in the nominate genus and the subgenus Rhytidolomia.  Scudder & Thomas (1987) reviewed the Canadian species.

Included Species:
    Subgenus Chlorochroa:
        albosparsa (Kuschakewitch, 1870) - nomen dubium
        bajana Thomas, 1983
        congrua Uhler, 1876
        granulosa (Uhler, 1872)
        juniperina juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)
        juniperina orientalis Kerzhner, 1981
        kanei Buxton & Thomas, 1983
        ligata (Say, 1831)
        lineata Thomas, 1983
        norlandorum Buxton & Thomas, 1983
        opuntiae Esselbaugh, 1947
        persimilis (Horváth, 1908)
        pinicola (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
        reuteriana Kirkaldy, 1909
        rossiana Buxton & Thomas, 1983
        sayi (Stål, 1872) [image]
        uhleri (Stål, 1872)
    Subgenus Rhytidolomia:
        belfragii (Stål, 1872)
        dismalia Thomas, 1983
        faceta (Say, 1825)
        osborni (Van Duzee, 1904)
        rita (Vand Duzee, 1934)
        saucia (Say, 1831)
        senilis (Say, 1831)
        viridicata (Walker, 1867)

References:

Buxton, G. M., D. B. Thomas, and R. C. Froeschner. 1983. Revision of the species of the sayi-group of Chlorochroa Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Occasional Papers in Entomology (Sacramento, Calif.) 29: 23 pp.

Scudder, G. G. E. and D. B. Thomas, Jr. 1987. The green stink bug genus Chlorochroa StDl (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 119(1):83-93.

Thomas, D. B., Jr. 1983. Taxonomic status of the genera Chlorochroa StDl, Rhytidilomia StDl, Liodermion Kirkaldy, and Pitedia Reuter, and their included species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(2):215-224.

David A. Rider
Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.edu

updated: 28 Aug 2009 

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