Acanthosomatidae

Acanthosomatidae
	Acanthosomatidae - relative sizes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Superfamily:	Pentatomoidea
Family:	Acanthosomatidae; Signoret, 1864
Subfamilies
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Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs," for which Kumar in his 1979 world revision recognized 47 genera;^{[citation needed]} now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea.^[1]^[2]

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
Elasmucha Stål, 1864
- Thomas, 1991
- (Fabricius, 1787)
- (Jakovlev, 1864)
- (Distant, 1893)
- Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Parent bug
- Elasmucha lateralis (Say, 1831)
Breddin, 1903
- juvenile, last instar
  Oncacontias vittatus — Forest shield bug

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Elasmucha grisea

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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[1] Faúndez, E. I. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Acrophyma Bergroth, 1917 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2137: 57-65

[2] Faúndez, E.I. 2014: A new genus for a Chilean species of Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa, 3768(5): 596-600

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