Pyrrhocoris apterus
The firebug, Pyrrhocoris italicus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated Corizus hyoscyami . Pyrrhocoris apterus is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the United States, Central America, and India, and is also found in Australia. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland United Kingdom and eastward on to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, containing from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.
Host Genome
Related Symbionts
8 recordsSymbiont records associated with Pyrrhocoris apterus
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Rickettsiales bacterium clone KP2NoneW5
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Rickettsiales bacterium clone KP20W5 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxify… |
detoxification enzymes
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Gordonibacter sp. clone KP2NoneW2
Actinomycetota |
Bacteria
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Gordonibacter sp. clone KP20W2 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying no… |
detoxification enzymes
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Clostridium sp. clone KP2NoneW3
Bacillota |
Bacteria
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Clostridium sp. clone KP20W3 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxi… |
detoxification enzymes
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Lactococcus sp. clone KP2NoneW4
Bacillota |
Bacteria
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Lactococcus sp. clone KP20W4 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxi… |
detoxification enzymes
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Klebsiella sp. clone KP2NoneW6
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Klebsiella sp. clone KP20W6 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxio… |
detoxification enzymes
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Coriobacterium glomerans
Actinomycetota |
Bacteria
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Coriobacterium glomerans plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxious … |
detoxification enzymes
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Burkholderia is associated with prolonged survival to adulthood in A. tomentosus. |
growth regulation
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Coriobacterium glomerans
Actinomycetota |
Bacteria
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Metagenome Information
0 recordsMetagenome sequencing data associated with Pyrrhocoris apterus
| Run | Platform | Location | Date | BioProject |
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No metagenomes foundNo metagenome records associated with this host species. |
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Amplicon Information
0 recordsAmplicon sequencing data associated with Pyrrhocoris apterus
| Run | Classification | Platform | Location | Environment |
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No amplicons foundNo amplicon records associated with this host species. |
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Related Articles
3 recordsResearch articles related to Pyrrhocoris apterus
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Garcia, JR; Laughton, AM; Malik, Z ... Chung, E; Gerardo, NM
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MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
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2014
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10.1111/mec.12655 | |
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Stackebrandt, E; Zeytun, A; Lapidus, A ... Kyrpides, NC; Klenk, HP
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Standards in Genomic Sciences
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2013
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10.4056/sigs.3507020 | |
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Sudakaran, S; Salem, H; Kost, C; Kaltenpoth, M
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MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
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2012
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10.1111/mec.12027 |