Kanigara
Kanigara oculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily: Rhyparochrominae
Tribe: Drymini
Genus: Kanigara
Distant, 1906

Kanigara is a genus of Asian seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae and tribe Drymini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906.[1] The known species distribution appears to be Sri Lanka, Indochina and Malesia through to New Guinea.[2]

Species

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The Lygaeoidea Species File[2] includes:

  1. Kanigara clypeata (Distant, 1904)
  2. Kanigara flavomarginata Distant, 1906type species (by original monotypy)
  3. Kanigara flavoscuta Scudder, 1969
  4. Kanigara fumosa Scudder, 1969
  5. Kanigara fusca Scudder, 1969
  6. Kanigara nebulosa Ban, 2022
  7. Kanigara oculata Scudder, 1969
  8. Kanigara punctata Scudder, 1969
  9. Kanigara tuberculata Scudder, 1969
  10. Kanigara virtuosa Scudder, 1969

References

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  1. ^ Distant WL (1906) Oriental Heteroptera. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique.
  2. ^ a b Lygaeoidea Species File: genus Kanigara Distant, 1906 (retrieved 20 November 2025)
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