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Pyrrhocoris

Pyrrhocoris
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Pyrrhocoris apterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Fallén, 1814
Species

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Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers.

There are about six species. The best known by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug, sap sucking bug, and red soldier bug. Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively.

Species in the genus include:


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