Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs," for which Kumar in his 1979 world revision recognized 47 genera; now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Superfamily: | Pentatomoidea |
| Family: | Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 |
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Acanthosomatinae | |
Genera
Examples of genera and species:
- Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824
- Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Linnaeus, 1758) — Hawthorn shield bug
- Acanthosoma labiduroides Jakovlev, 1880 — Green shield bug
- Cyphostethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmostethus interstinctus — Birch shield bug
- Elasmostethus minor
- Elasmucha Stål, 1864
- Elasmucha cordillera Thomas, 1991
- Elasmucha ferrugata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Elasmucha fieberi (Jakovlev, 1864)
- Elasmucha flammatum (Distant, 1893)
- Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Parent bug
- Elasmucha lateralis (Say, 1831)
- Eupolemus
- Oncacontias Breddin, 1903
- Oncacontias vittatus — Forest shield bug
Rhopalimorpha lineolaris juvenile, last instar
Elasmucha ferrugata
References
- Faúndez, E. I. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Acrophyma Bergroth, 1917 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2137: 57-65
- Faúndez, E.I. 2014: A new genus for a Chilean species of Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa, 3768(5): 596-600
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