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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Pachycorinae » Symphylus

Genus Symphylus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy - Symphylus caribbeanus Shield-backed Bug - Symphylus caribbeanus Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy - Symphylus caribbeanus Shield-backed Bug - Symphylus caribbeanus Diolcus chrysorrhoeus? - Symphylus caribbeanus Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy - Symphylus caribbeanus Shield bug - Symphylus caribbeanus Symphylus caribbeanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Pachycorinae
Genus Symphylus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
a “catch-all” genus, probably non-monophyletic; needs revision(1)
Explanation of Names
Symphylus Dallas 1851
Numbers
A single species in our area, ~17 spp. in the Neotropics(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into so. US(1)
Food
On Morella cerifera (Myricaceae)(2)
Works Cited
1.Shield Bugs (Scutelleridae)
Joseph Eger, Aline Barcellos, Luciana Weiler. 2015. Springer.
2.Pentatomoidea Host Index
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 November, 2008 - 4:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 August, 2019 - 7:52pm

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