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Chelinidea
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Chelinidea

Chelinidea is a genus of cactus bugs in the family Coreidae, and is the sole genus of the monotypic tribe Chelinideini. There are five described species in Chelinidea, found in Central and North America, where they typically feed on cacti in the genus Opuntia. Three of these species have been introduced into Australia.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cactus Coreid Bug

speciesChelinidea vittiger

Prickly Pear Bug

speciesChelinidea tabulata

Chelinidea hunteri

speciesChelinidea hunteri

Chelinidea canyona

speciesChelinidea canyona

Chelinidea staffilesi

speciesChelinidea staffilesi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 154268.