Peritrechus

Peritrechus
Peritrechus geniculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Rhyparochromidae
Tribe:	Rhyparochromini
Genus:	Peritrechus Fieber, 1860

Peritrechus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are at least 20 described species in Peritrechus.

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Peritrechus:

• Peritrechus angusticollis (Sahlberg, 1848) ^{i c g}
• Peritrechus convivus (Stål, 1851) ^{i c g b}
• Peritrechus dissimilis Horvath, G., 1895 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus femoralis Kerzhner, I.M., 1977 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus flavicornis Jakovlev, 1876 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus fraternus Uhler, 1871 ^{i c g b}
• Peritrechus geniculatus (Hahn, 1831) ^{c g}
• Peritrechus gracilicornis Puton, A., 1877 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus insignis Jakovlev, B.E., 1892 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus lundi Gmelin, 1790 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus meridionalis ^{c g}
• Peritrechus nubilus (Fallen, C.F., 1807) ^{c g}
• Peritrechus oculatus Jakovlev, B.E., 1885 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus paludemaris Barber, 1914 ^{i c g}
• Peritrechus pilosulus Scudder, 2000 ^{i g}
• Peritrechus pusillus Horvath, G., 1884 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus putoni Horvath, G., 1895 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus saskatchewanensis Barber, H.G., 1918 ^{c g}
• Peritrechus tristis Van Duzee, 1906 ^{i c g b}
• Peritrechus variegatus Kiritshenko, A.N., 1914 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.