Xylocoris

Xylocoris is a genus of bugs in the monotypic tribe Xylocorini of the family Anthocoridae. There are approximately 50 described species in Xylocoris worldwide. Nearly 30 species occur in the Palaearctic Region, 10 are known from the Nearctic Region, and 6 from the Oriental Region. They occur in various habitats, often found under plant litter and under tree bark where they feed on small arthropods.^[1][2][3][4] Certain species (X. afer, X. cerealis, X. cursitans, X. flavipes, X. galactinus, X. hyalinipennis, X. queenslandicus, X. sordidus, X. vicarius) inhabit stored food facilities.^[5]

Xylocoris cursitans

Xylocoris
Xylocoris galactinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Anthocoridae
Tribe:	Xylocorini
Genus:	Xylocoris Dufour, 1831
Synonyms
Piezostethus Fieber, 1860

Species

• Xylocoris afer (Reuter, 1884)
• Xylocoris betulinus Drake and Harris, 1926
• Xylocoris californicus (Reuter, 1884)
• Xylocoris cerealis Yamada & Yasunaga, 2006
• Xylocoris cursitans (Fallén, 1807)
• Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter, 1875) (warehouse pirate bug)
• Xylocoris formicetorum (Boheman, 1844)
• Xylocoris galactinus (Fieber, 1837)
• Xylocoris hirtus Kelton, 1976
• Xylocoris hiurai Kerzhner & Elov, 1976
• Xylocoris lativentris (J. Sahlberg, 1870)
• Xylocoris obliquus A. Costa, 1853
• Xylocoris parvulus (Reuter, 1871)
• Xylocoris pilipes Kelton, 1976
• Xylocoris punctatus Kelton, 1976
• Xylocoris queenslandicus Gross, 1954
• Xylocoris sordidus (Reuter, 1871)
• Xylocoris vicarius (Reuter, 1884)