Species Orsilochides guttata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)

Genus Orsilochides

Species guttata (Orsilochides guttata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly Chelysoma guttatum, Eric Eaton (1), pg 126; Nearctica lists as Chelysomidea g.

Works Cited

1.	Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America By Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 February, 2007 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 3 May, 2007 - 6:41am

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