Chamus

This article is about the genus of Mirid bugs. For the people living near Lake Baringo, Kenya, see Ilchamus people.

Chamus is a genus of Miridae or capsid bugs in the tribe Dicyphini and subtribe Odoniellina. Species can be found in central and southern Africa, with the type C. wealei first described by Distant in 1904.^[1]

Chamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Subfamily:	Bryocorinae
Tribe:	Dicyphini
Subtribe:	Odoniellina
Genus:	Chamus Distant, 1904

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:^[2]

1. Chamus conradsianus Schouteden, 1942
2. Chamus incertus Reuter & Poppius, 1911
3. Chamus mefisto Reuter & Poppius, 1911
4. Chamus overlaeti Schouteden, 1942
5. Chamus reuteri Poppius, 1914
6. Chamus schroederi Poppius, 1912
7. Chamus wealei Distant, 1904 - type species^[1] (synonym C. ghesquierei Schouteden, 1942^[2])