Chlorochroa Stål,
1872 Lioderma Uhler, 1871: 97. (junior homonym of Lioderma Marseul, 1857, Coleoptera, and Lioderma Bronn, 1860, insertae sedis) Lioderma (Chlorochroa) Stål, 1872: 33. Lioderma (Rhytidolomia) Stål, 1872: 33. (still recognized as a valid subgenus) Chlorochroa: Distant, 1880: 63-64. Pitedia Reuter, 1888: 494. (syn. by Thomas, 1983) Liodermion Kirkaldy, 1904: 280. (unnecessary new name for Lioderma Uhler, 1871) Type species: Lioderma: Pentatoma saucia Say, 1832, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Chlorochroa: Pentatoma ligata Say, 1831, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Rhytidolomia: Pentatoma senilis Say, 1831, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Pitedia: Cimex juniperinus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. Comments: Three Old World species (juniperina, pinicola, & reuteriana). The New World species fall into two subgenera. Buxton, Thomas, & Froeschner (1983) reviewed the sayi species group of the nominate subgenus; Thomas (1983) reviewed the remaining species in the nominate genus and the subgenus Rhytidolomia. Scudder & Thomas (1987) reviewed the Canadian species. Included Species: References: Buxton, G. M., D. B. Thomas, and R. C. Froeschner. 1983. Revision of the species of the sayi-group of Chlorochroa Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Occasional Papers in Entomology (Sacramento, Calif.) 29: 23 pp. Scudder, G. G. E. and D. B. Thomas, Jr. 1987. The green stink bug genus Chlorochroa StDl (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 119(1):83-93. Thomas, D. B., Jr. 1983. Taxonomic status of the genera Chlorochroa StDl, Rhytidilomia StDl, Liodermion Kirkaldy, and Pitedia Reuter, and their included species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(2):215-224.
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