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Orsillus
Orsillus depressus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Lygaeidae
Subfamily:	Orsillinae
Tribe:	Orsillini
Genus:	Orsillus Dallas, 1852

Orsillus is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae; it is the type genus of the subfamily Orsillinae and tribe Orsillini. Species are recorded from Europe and includes O. depressus which has become naturalised in the British Isles.

Species

BioLib lists the following:

1. Orsillus depressus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
2. Orsillus maculatus (Fieber, 1861)
3. Orsillus pinicanariensis Lindberg, 1953
4. Orsillus potanini Linnavuori, 1978
5. Orsillus reyi Puton, 1871

References

1. Dallas WS (1852) List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part. II. Taylor & Francis Inc., London 2: 369–592.
2. "Orsillus Dallas, 1852". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Orsillus Genus Information BioLib". biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

External links

• British Bugs: Orsillus depressus (retrieved 31 October 2021)
• "Orsillus Genus Information Catalogue of Life". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
• Media related to Orsillus at Wikimedia Commons

• Lygaeidae
• Hemiptera of Europe
• Pentatomomorpha genera
• Taxa named by William Dallas