Zicrona

Zicrona is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

Zicrona
Nymph of Zicrona caerulea preying a larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Pentatomidae
Subfamily:
Asopinae
Genus:
Zicrona

Amyot & Serville 1843[1]

Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word זכרון (zicron) meaning "odorant".[1]

Species

As of 2017, the following four species are recognized:[2]

  • Zicrona americana Thomas, 1992
  • Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue Bug
  • Zicrona hisarensis Chopra & Sucheta, 1984
  • Zicrona murreensis Rana & Ahmad, 1988

References
  1. Amyot, C.-J.-B.; Audinet Serville, [J. G.] (1843). "Genre 53. Zicrone. Zicrona". Hémiptères. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Paris: Roret. pp. 86–87.
  2. Biolib
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