Pyrrhocoris

Pyrrhocoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, the cotton stainers. Records of occurrence are mainly in the Palaearctic realm, with some from North America and East Asia.^[1]

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

Species

Species in the genus include:^[2][3][1]

1. Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Pyrrhocoris fuscopunctatus Stål, 1858
3. Pyrrhocoris marginatus (Kolenati, 1845)
4. Pyrrhocoris niger Reuter, 1888
5. Pyrrhocoris rottensis Kment, 2021
6. Pyrrhocoris sibiricus Kuschakewitsch, 1867
7. Pyrrhocoris sinuaticollis Reuter, 1885
8. †Pyrrhocoris tibialis Statz & Wagner, 1950

The best known species by far is Pyrrhocoris apterus, commonly called the firebug, red firebug, linden bug,^[4] sap sucking bug,^[5] and red soldier bug.^[6] Many aspects of the biology of this species have been studied extensively.^[4]