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Probergrothius
Probergrothius is an Old World genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. The genus was previously referred to as Odontopus, but that name was already in use for a genus of weevils, and was therefore replaced by Probergrothius in 1904. Members of this genus are reported to feed mainly on members of the plant order Malvales, including Sterculia, baobab (Adansonia), and kapok (Ceiba or Bombax), but will feed on others as well. The welwitschia bug, Probergrothius angolensis, feeds on Welwitschia seeds, which is a gymnosperm, unlike the Malvales, which are angiosperms.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Indian Red Bug
speciesProbergrothius sanguinolens
Kapok Bug
speciesProbergrothius nigricornis
Welwitschia Bug
speciesProbergrothius angolensis
Probergrothius varicornis
speciesProbergrothius varicornis
Sixspot Bug
speciesProbergrothius sexpunctatus
Probergrothius scutellaris
speciesProbergrothius scutellaris
Probergrothius exsanguis
speciesProbergrothius exsanguis
Probergrothius notabilis
speciesProbergrothius notabilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 349760.