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Superfamily Coreoidea - Leatherbugs

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Chelinidea vittiger? - Chelinidea vittiger - female

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)

Numbers

>150 spp. in 54 genera of 3 families in our area; ca. 2,300 spp. in >300 genera of 5 families worldwide(1) (two small families with <20 spp. between them are not represented in the New World)(2)

Range

worldwide(2)(1)

Food

plant feeders(1)

Internet References

Coreoidea of Texas (Quinn 2017)

Works Cited

1.	Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha) Cassis G., Gross G.F. 2002. CSIRO Publishing, 751 pp.

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

Contributed by v belov on 29 November, 2010 - 11:21am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Arturo Santos
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 9:02pm

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