Orsillus

Orsillus
Orsillus depressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Orsillinae
Tribe: Orsillini
Genus: Orsillus
Dallas, 1852[1]

Orsillus is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Lygaeidae;[2] 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.

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fauna Europaea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).