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Genus Niesthrea

unknown - Niesthrea louisianica Scentless Plant Bug - Niesthrea louisianica - male Niesthrea louisianica Niesthrea louisianica Oh, why didn't I go home for macro lens! - Niesthrea louisianica Niesthrea louisianica? - Niesthrea louisianica beetle or bug - Niesthrea Unknown bug - Niesthrea louisianica
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 Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Rhopalinae
Tribe Niesthreini
Genus Niesthrea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Niesthrea Spinola 1837
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 13 total(2)
Identification
Connexivia 3-5 mostly black, with narrow white hind margin and small pale patch near middle; <6.5 mm ...N. sidae
Connexivia 3-5 white in posterior third, with distinct white spot near middle; >6.5 mm ...N. louisianica
Range
New World, primarily neotropical