{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Xylocoris |authority = Dufour, 1831 |image = Xylocoris galactinus (Anthocoridae), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg |image_caption = ''Xylocoris galactinus'' |synonyms = {{Taxon list | Piezostethus | Fieber, 1860 }} }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Yamada | first1=Kazutaka | last2=Yasunaga | first2=Tomo | last3=Artchawakom | first3=Taksin | year=2013 | title=The genus ''Xylocoris'' found from plant debris in Thailand, with description of a new species of the subgenus ''Arrostelus'' (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) | journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | volume=53 | issue=2 | pages=493–504}}</ref><ref name=bugref>{{cite web|title=''Xylocoris'' Genus Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/42044|website=BugGuide.net|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|title=''Xylocoris'' Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref><ref name=eol>{{cite web|title=''Xylocoris'' Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/74562/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref> Certain species (''X. afer'', ''X. cerealis'', ''X. cursitans'', ''X. flavipes'', ''X. galactinus'', ''X. hyalinipennis'', ''X. queenslandicus'', ''X. sordidus'', ''X. vicarius'') inhabit stored food facilities.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Hagstrum | first1=D.W. | last2=Subramanyam | first2=B. | year=2009 | title=Stored-Product Insect Resource | publisher=AACC International Inc. | place=St. Paul, Minnesota, USA}}</ref> thumb|''Xylocoris cursitans''
==Species== * ''Xylocoris afer'' <small>(Reuter, 1884)</small> * ''Xylocoris betulinus'' <small>Drake and Harris, 1926</small> * ''Xylocoris californicus'' <small>(Reuter, 1884)</small> * ''Xylocoris cerealis'' <small>Yamada & Yasunaga, 2006</small> * ''Xylocoris cursitans'' <small>(Fallén, 1807)</small> * ''Xylocoris flavipes'' <small>(Reuter, 1875)</small> (warehouse pirate bug) * ''Xylocoris formicetorum'' <small>(Boheman, 1844)</small> * ''Xylocoris galactinus'' <small>(Fieber, 1837)</small> * ''Xylocoris hirtus'' <small>Kelton, 1976</small> * ''Xylocoris hiurai'' <small>Kerzhner & Elov, 1976</small> * ''Xylocoris lativentris'' <small>(J. Sahlberg, 1870)</small> * ''Xylocoris obliquus'' <small>A. Costa, 1853</small> * ''Xylocoris parvulus'' <small>(Reuter, 1871)</small> * ''Xylocoris pilipes'' <small>Kelton, 1976</small> * ''Xylocoris punctatus'' <small>Kelton, 1976</small> * ''Xylocoris queenslandicus'' <small>Gross, 1954</small> * ''Xylocoris sordidus'' <small>(Reuter, 1871)</small> * ''Xylocoris vicarius'' <small>(Reuter, 1884)</small>
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last1 = Arnett |first1 = Ross H. |date = 2000 |title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico |publisher = CRC Press }} * {{cite book |editor-last1 = Henry |editor-first1 = Thomas J. |editor-last2 = Froeschner |editor-first2 = Richard C. |date = 1988 |title = Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States |publisher = E. J. Brill |isbn = 0-916846-44-X }} * {{cite book |last1 = Henry |first1 = Thomas J. |last2 = Froeschner |first2 = Richard C. |date = 1988 |title = Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States |publisher = Brill Academic Publishers }} {{refend}}
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Category:Cimicomorpha genera Category:Anthocoridae Category:Hemiptera of Asia Category:Hemiptera of Europe {{Lyctocoridae-stub}}