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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Shield Bugs (Acanthosomatidae) » Elasmostethus

Genus Elasmostethus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Red-Cross Shield Bug - Elasmostethus cruciatus Red-cross Shield bug - Elasmostethus cruciatus Red-cross Shield Bug nymph - Elasmostethus cruciatus Unidentifed colorful insect - Elasmostethus cruciatus Red-cross Shield Bug - Elasmostethus cruciatus true bug nymph - Elasmostethus cruciatus Red-Cross Shield Bug - Elasmostethus cruciatus Red-Cross Shield Bug - Elasmostethus cruciatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Acanthosomatidae (Shield Bugs)
Genus Elasmostethus
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), ~a dozen total
Range
holarctic, more diverse in the Palaearctic(2); in our area, northern transcontinental (Canada & n. US + scattered southern records at higher elevations)(3)
Food
recorded hosts (globally) include members of 14 plant families (mostly woody plants); the two nearctic spp. on Aralia (Araliaceae), Alnus (Betulaceae), the holarctic E. interstinctus has a much wider host range as adult (nymphs prefer Betulaceae)(4)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera
By Lehr, P. A., ed.
3.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
4.Pentatomoidea Host Index
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 April, 2005 - 9:14am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 April, 2012 - 12:59am

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