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Sahlbergella[1] is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).

Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where S. singularis is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to Distantiella in tropical Africa and Helopeltis spp. in SE Asia.[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[3]

  1. Sahlbergella ghesquierei Schouteden, 1935
  2. Sahlbergella lais Linnavuori, 1973
  3. Sahlbergella maynei Schouteden, 1935
  4. Sahlbergella singularis Haglund, 1895 - type species[4]
  5. Sahlbergella soror Schouteden, 1935
  6. Sahlbergella tai Schmitz, 1987

References

  1. ^ Haglund (1895) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 52.
  2. ^ Entwistle PF (1972) Pests of Cocoa, Longmans, London, 779 pp
  3. ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Sahlbergella Haglund, 1895 (retrieved 9 November 2021)
  4. ^ Namyatova AA, Cassis G (2016) Systematics of the tribe Monaloniini Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, 36–136.

External links

  • Data related to Sahlbergella at Wikispecies
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