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Genus of true bugs

Cavelerius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Blissidae
Genus: Cavelerius
Distant, 1903

Cavelerius is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae. A review by Gao and Zhou (2021) listed 13 total species, including 3 newly discovered species. The insects of this genus feed by sucking the sap out of the stems and leaves of grasses and grass-like plants. The species C. saccharivorus is a major pest of sugarcane in Southeast Asia and Japan, and the species C. excavatus and C. sweeti are major pests of sugarcane in India.

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References

  1. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113.
  2. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 113–132.
  3. Gao, Cuiqing; Zhou, Yu (2021). "Review of the genus Cavelerius (Heteroptera: Blissidae) with descriptions of three new species from China and Southeast Asia". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 61 (1): 114.

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