Chlorochroa juniperina

Chlorochroa juniperina is a European species of shield bug in the tribe Nezarini.[1] C. juniperina is distributed in mainland Europe from France through to Scandinavia, but became extinct in England in 1925 due to the decline of juniper, its host.[2]

Chlorochroa juniperina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Nezarini
Genus: Chlorochroa
Species:
C. juniperina
Binomial name
Chlorochroa juniperina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Chlorochroa junipera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chlorochroa juniperina subsp. Juniperina
  • Cimex juniperina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pentatoma juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)

The plate below shows C. juniperina - "Pentantoma juniperina Linn" (bottom-right) in The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands.[3]

  • Nymph
    Nymph
  • Plate 2 from Saunders (1892)
    Plate 2 from Saunders (1892)

References
  1. Dyntaxa Chlorochroa juniperina
  2. The Species Recovery Trust Lost Life Project
  3. Edward Saunders (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.


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