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Subfamily Pachycorinae

unknown Hemiptera - Orsilochides guttata

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 Pentatomoidea

Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)

Subfamily Pachycorinae

Explanation of Names

Pachycorinae Amyot & Serville 1843

Numbers

>20 spp. in 10 genera in our area, ~110 described spp. in 23 genera total (neotropical fauna inadequately known)(1)

Range

New World, primarily tropical; the vast majority of New World scutellerids (23 genera) belong here(1)

Works Cited

1.	Shield Bugs (Scutelleridae) Joseph Eger, Aline Barcellos, Luciana Weiler. 2015. Springer.

Contributed by v belov on 11 November, 2010 - 8:11am
Last updated 7 August, 2019 - 8:05pm

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