Pyrrhocoridae: Dysdercus cingulatus - Red Cotton Bug - Bapak Pucung

Red Cotton Bug or Bapak Pucung (Dysdercus cingulatus) mating in Depok, West Java, Indonesia.

Order: Hemiptera C. Linnaeus, 1758 - bugs
Suborder: Heteroptera - true bugs
Infraorder: Pentatomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
Family: Pyrrhocoridae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - red bugs, stainers
Genus: Dysdercus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
Species: Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms: Cimex cingulatus Fabricius, 1775 – Dysdercus megalopygus Breddin, 1909 – Lygaeus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) Fabricius, 1794

Common Names in English: Red Cotton Bug, Red Cotton Stainer, Cotton Stainer Bug, Red Seed Bug of Malvaceae

Common Name in Indonesia: Bapak Pucung

All photos were taken using a Camera phone Sony Ericsson K800i.

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References:

• www.fobi.web.id/v/insect/f-pyr/dys-cin
• www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id705555/
• zipcodezoo.com/Animals/D/Dysdercus_cingulatus/

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