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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Nematopini » Piezogaster

Genus Piezogaster

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited

Squash Bug - Piezogaster calcarator - male

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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Nematopini

Genus Piezogaster

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archimerus Burmeister 1835

Explanation of Names

Piezogaster Amyot & Serville 1843

'flattened belly'

Numbers

4 spp. in our area, 33 total(1)(2)

Size

16-21 mm(3)

Identification

revised in(4)

Range

e. US to CO-AZ to Brazil & Bolivia(5)(2)

See Also

Euthochtha galeator

In Piezogaster, note the hairy antennae, the shorter, stouter scape, and (in males) the bent hind tibiae (comments)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

3.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

4.	A revision of the genus Piezogaster Amyot & Serville (Heteroptera: Coreidae:Nematopodini) and the description of two new species Dealy B. 2000. Fort Hays State University (MS thesis). 121 pp.

5.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 November, 2005 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov, KenW
Last updated 3 July, 2019 - 9:22pm

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