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Tribe Acanthocerini

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Insect ID Request - Euthochtha galeator Helmeted Squash Bug - Euthochtha galeator Helmeted Squash Bug - Euthochtha galeator Spiky Assassin Bug? - Euthochtha galeator Stinkbug doesn't quite fit... - Euthochtha galeator - male An assassin bug nymph? - Euthochtha galeator Anasa armigera? - Euthochtha galeator Coreidae - Euthochtha galeator

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 Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Acanthocerini

Explanation of Names

Acanthocerini Bergroth 1913

Numbers

3 spp. in 3 genera in our area, 50 spp. in 17 genera total(1)

Range

New World, primarily neotropical(1)

Works Cited

1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by drswanny on 20 October, 2012 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 9:39am

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