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Etymology

Content:  Derived from the Latin adjective planus, meaning “plane, flat”, referring to the flat pronotum which was not declivous anteriorly, and the compontent -coris, which occurring in several generic names in the family Alydidae. Gender masculine.

Source of information:  Yi & W. Bu. 2015. Contributions to the tribe Leptocorisini, with descriptions of Planusocoris schaeferi gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Alydidae). Zootaxa. 4040(3):401-420

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