Froeschneria piligera
(Stål, 1862)
dirt-colored seed bug
Froeschneria piligera is a dirt-colored in the , first described by Stål in 1862. The belongs to the tribe Myodochini within the Rhyparochrominae. It has been documented across a broad geographic range spanning North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. The Froeschneria was established to honor the heteropterist Richard C. Froeschner.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Froeschneria piligera: /frɔɛʃˈnɛria pɪˈlɪɡɛra/
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Distribution
Documented from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil. Caribbean records include Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Nevis, Saba, Tobago, Trinidad, Cayman Brac, and New Providence. Also reported from the West Indies broadly.
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Taxonomic Authorship
The was originally described as Lygaeus piliger by Stål in 1862, later transferred to the Froeschneria. The genus name commemorates Richard C. Froeschner (1916–2002), a in at the Smithsonian Institution.
Distribution Sources
Distribution records compiled from Slater (1964) and Baranowski & Slater (2005), with additional observations from GBIF-mediated data.