Chelinidea

Chelinidea is a genus of cactus bugs in the family Coreidae, and is the sole genus of the monotypic tribe Chelinideini. There are five described species in Chelinidea, found in Central and North America, where they typically feed on cacti in the genus Opuntia. Three of these species have been introduced into Australia.^[1][2][3][4]

Chelinidea
Chelinidea tabulata, Prickly Pear Bug
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Coreidae
Subfamily:	Coreinae
Tribe:	Chelinideini
Genus:	Chelinidea Uhler, 1863

Chelinidea vittiger, cactus coreid

Species

These five species belong to the genus Chelinidea:

• Chelinidea canyona Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America, Australia)
• Chelinidea hunteri Hamlin, 1923 (North and Central America)
• Chelinidea staffilesi Herring, 1980 (Central America)
• Chelinidea tabulata (Burmeister, 1835) (prickly pear bug) (North, Central, and South America, Australia)
• Chelinidea vittiger Uhler, 1863 (cactus coreid) (North and Central America, Australia)