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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Odontotarsinae

Subfamily Odontotarsinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Shield-backed Bug - Vanduzeeina Vanduzeeina borealis Fokkeria producta proper ID of this Scutellarid - Euptychodera corrugata Unknown Bug Grey Brown Bug - Vanduzeeina Euptychodera corrugata? - Euptychodera corrugata - female Euptychodera corrugata? - Euptychodera corrugata - 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 Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Odontotarsinae
Explanation of Names
Odontotarsinae Mulsant & Rey 1865
Numbers
10 spp. in 4 genera in our area (all in the tribe Phimoderini)(1)(2), 12 genera total
Habitat
multiple spp. from several genera co-occur on the same Artemisia campestris (Asteraceae) plant in Nebraska Sandhills(3)
Remarks
uncommon to rare in our area
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page
3.Four seldom-collected pentatomoid species (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae) syntopic on Artemisia campestris (Asteraceae)
Wheeler A.G. 2018. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 120: 421-441.
Contributed by v belov on 27 February, 2011 - 6:42pm
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 9:41pm

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