Loxa

Loxa viridis (Dominica)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Pentatominae
Tribus: Chlorocorini
Genus: Loxa
Species (10): L. deducta – L. flavicollis – L. melanita  – L. nesiotes – L. pallida  – L. parapallida – L. peruviensis – L. planiceps – L. virescens  – L. viridis
nomen dubium: L. haematica

Name

Loxa Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843:137

• Type species: Cimex flavicollis Drury, 1773 [by subsequent designation Kirkaldy, 1909:96]

References

Primary references

• Amyot, J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères. 657 pp. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. BHL Reference page.  [p. 137]

Additional references

• Distant, W.L. 1880. Insecta. Rhynchota, Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Pp. 1-88. in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds.) Biologia Centrali - Americana. London, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. 462 pp., 39 pls. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 70]
• Eger, J.E. 1978. Revision of the Genus Loxa (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 86(3): 224–259. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Faúndez, E.I. & Rocca, J.A. 2018. Loxa deducta Walker, 1867 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Chile: distribution, history of invasion and identification. Graellsia 74(2): 1–5. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Genevcius, B., Greve, C., Koehler, S., Simmons, R.B., Rider, D.A., Grazia, J. & Schwertner, C.F. 2021. Phylogeny of the stink bug tribe Chlorocorini (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) based on DNA and morphological data: the evolution of key phenotypic traits. Systematic Entomology 46(2): 327–338. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12464 Reference page. 
• Hart, C. A. 1919. The Pentatomoidea of Illinois with keys to the nearctic genera. Illinois Natural History Survey bulletin 13(7): 157–223, pl. 16–21. BHL Reference page.  [p. 178]
• Horváth, G. 1925. De pentatomidarum genere Loxa Am. et Serv. et de novo genere ei affini. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 22: 307–328. PDF Reference page. 
• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera). 1. Cimicidae. 392 pp. Felix L. Dames (Berlin) BHL Reference page.  [p. 96]
• Stål, C. 1872. Enumeratio hemipterorum : Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden, 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar 10(4): 1–158. BHL Reference page.  [p. 36]
• Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America North of Mexico, Excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications, Entomology 2:xiv + 902 pp. BHL Reference page.  [p. 54]
• Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. 241–417. E. Newman, London. BHL Reference page.  [p. 241]

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Loxa Amyot & Serville, 1843 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Loxa – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Loxa – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Loxa – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).

• Loxa – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Loxa – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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