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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) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Rhopalinae » Harmostini

Tribe Harmostini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Reality Check: Harmostes? - Harmostes Leaf-footed bug. What species? - Harmostes reflexulus - Harmostes dorsalis Small bug - Harmostes angustatus Brown scentless plant bug - Harmostes reflexulus Harmostes reflexulus Unidentified Heteroptera - Harmostes reflexulus Harmostes - Harmostes reflexulus
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 Harmostini
Explanation of Names
Harmostini Stål 1873
Numbers
2 genera, with spp. in our area, 33 spp. total(1)
Identification
Metafemora with ventral spines. Front angles of pronotum protruding, spine-like(2)
Range
New World, mostly tropical(1)
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Heteroptera of Eastern North America
W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.
Contributed by v belov on 7 November, 2010 - 3:19am
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 9:06pm

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