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Antilochus coquebertii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pyrrhocoridae
Genus:	Antilochus
Species:	A. coquebertii
Binomial name
Antilochus coquebertii (Fabricius, 1803)
Synonyms
Lygaeus coquebertii Fabricius, 1803 Antilochus coqueberti (Fabricius, 1803) (Missp.)

Antilochus coquebertii (often misspelled as coqueberti) is an Old World species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, occurring in South and Southeast Asia. It is brightly coloured, red and black, and is a beneficial predator on other pyrrhocorids, especially the genus Dysdercus, which are crop pests. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head, and they can be easily distinguished from Dysdercus by the lack of white stripes on the body. They are known to be cannibalistic in nature.

References

1. Ahmad, I., & Schaefer C. W. (1987). Food plant and feeding biology of the Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera). Phytophaga 1: 75-92.
2. "Predatory Red Bugs from India: Antilochus conqueberti". What's That Bug?. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

External links

• Media related to Antilochus coquebertii at Wikimedia Commons

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