Pyrrhocoridae Dohrn, 1859

Red Bugs
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Pyrrhocoroidea
​Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhocoridae is a family of insects with more than 300 species world-wide. Many are red-coloured and are known as red bugs and some species are called cotton stainers because their feeding activities leave an indelible yellow-brownish stain on cotton crops.
Genera: Antilochus, Dindymus, Dysdercus, Euscopus, Melamphaus, ​Probergrothius
Antilochus conqueberti.jpg
Antilochus conqueberti
Dindymus flavinotum.jpg
Dindymus flavinotum
Dindymus sanguineus.jpg
Dindymus sanguineus
Dysdercus cingulatus.jpg
Dysdercus cingulatus
Dysdercus decussatus.jpg
Dysdercus decussatus
Dysdercus fuscomaculatus.jpg
Dysdercus fuscomaculatus
Dysdercus species 001.jpg
Dysdercus sp. 001
Euscopus rufipes.jpg
Euscopus rufipes
Melamphaus faber.jpg
Melamphaus faber
Probergrothius nigricornis.jpg
Probergrothius nigricornis