Cyclopelta

Cyclopelta is a genus of Dinidorid bug found in Africa and Asia. There are 14 species in the genus with 8 found in Asia and 6 in Africa. Some species are known to form large aggregation on trees and can cause damage in a few trees of economic importance.

Cyclopelta
Cyclopelta siccifolia from India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Dinidoridae
Subfamily:	Dinidorinae
Genus:	Cyclopelta Amyot and Serville, 1843
Type species
Cyclopelta obscura (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828)

The genus Cyclopelta has a four-segmented antenna. Species in the genus have two to four pairs of conjunctival processes in their aedeagus, a feature shared with Coridius, Colpoproctus and Dinidor. In Cyclopelta the femora are spined along the surface and the females have hind tibiae that are opaque on the inner surface. The underside does not have a series of yellow spots as in Dinidor. Species within this genus include:^[1][2]

• C. robusta Lis & Lis, 2001^[3]
• C. bechynei Durai, 1987
• C. funebris (Fabricius, 1775)
• C. tristis (Stål, 1865)
• C. abdominalis Distant, 1920
• C. trimaculata Vollenhoven, 1868
• C. obscura (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828)
• C. parva Distant, 1900)
• C. rugosa Distant, 1921
• C. bruneiensis Lis, 1992
• C. gibbosa Kocorek, 2013^[4]
• C. ornata Stål, 1870
• C. siccifolia (Westwood, 1837)
• ?C. subhimalayensis Strickland, 1932 (type missing)