Acanthosomatidae
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| Acanthosomatidae | |
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| Acanthosomatidae - relative sizes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Pentatomoidea |
| Family: | Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864 |
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Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named “shield bugs,” for which Kumar in his World revision recognizes 47 genera; now this number is 54 genera, with about 200 species, and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea.[1]
[edit] Genera
- Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824
- Cyphostethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmosthethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmucha Stål, 1864
- Eupolemus
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[edit] References
- ^ Faúndez, E. I. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Acrophyma Bergroth, 1917 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2137: 57-65
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