Coridius chinensis (Stink Bug)
Place : Dalapchand, Rongli, East Sikkim,
Date: January 2, 2012Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera (bugs)
Family: Dinidoridae
Genus: Coridius
Species: C. chinensis
Binomial
name: Coridius chinensis (Dallas, 1851).
Other
Names: Stink Bug
Special feature: "Coridius chinensis
(Dallas) is eaten by one or more Assamese tribes." (Hoffmann, 1947).
"This species is very commonly used in China in an
aphrodisiacal medicine and is on sale in Chinese medicine shops throughout
China. It is called 'Chu Shan Chung' or
'Hai Tao Chung' and was written about in 1590 by Li Shih chen and in 1890 by
Fang Shui." (Hoffmann, 1947). (Source:
ndsu.nodak.edu)