Loxa

Genus of true bugs

For the places formerly known as Loxa, see Loja.

Loxa

Loxa viridis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hemiptera
Suborder:  | Heteroptera
Family:  | Pentatomidae
Tribe:  | Pentatomini
Genus:  | Loxa
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species

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Loxa is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs.[1] It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America.[1] While Loxa is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are similar in many respects to those in the Chlorocorini, specifically the genera: Chlorocoris Spinola, Chloropepla Stål, Mayrinia Horvath and Fecelia Stål.[2] Some species of Loxa are minor crop pests, for example Loxa deducta.[3]

Species include:

* Loxa deducta Walker, 1867
* Loxa flavicollis (Drury, 1773)
* Loxa haematica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841)
* Loxa peruviensis Eger, 1978
* Loxa planiceps Horváth, 1925
* Loxa virescens Amyot & Serville, 1843
* Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Loxa" at the Encyclopedia of Life
2. ^ Eger, Joseph E. (1978). "Revision of the genus Loxa (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 86 (3): 224–259. Abstract
3. ^ Panizzi, Antônio R.; Mourão, Ana P. M. & Oliveira, Émerson D. M. (1998). "Nymph and adult biology and seasonal abundance of Loxa deducta (Walker) on privet, Ligustrum lucidum". Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil. 27 (2): 199–206. doi:10.1590/s0301-80591998000200005.

Taxon identifiers

Loxa|

* Wikidata: Q3264405
* Wikispecies: Loxa
* BOLD: 372494
* BugGuide: 88831
* CoL: 5GWX
* EoL: 74311
* EPPO: 1LXAXG
* GBIF: 2079169
* iNaturalist: 127915
* IRMNG: 1291480
* ITIS: 108887
* NCBI: 631401
* Open Tree of Life: 971572
* Plazi: 98238783-1F14-473A-80FB-F9F5FBA661CB

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