Acanthosomatidae

Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae - relative sizes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Pentatomoidea
Family:	Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864
Subfamilies
Acanthosomatinae Blaudusinae Ditomotarsinae

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.

Oncacontias vittatus

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
  • Cyphostethus tristriatus — Juniper shield bug
• 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
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    Rhopalimorpha lineolaris juvenile, last instar
    Oncacontias vittatus — Forest shield bug

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  Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

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  Elasmostethus interstinctus

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  Cyphostethus tristriatus

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  Elasmucha grisea

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  Elasmucha ferrugata