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Acanthosomatidae

Acanthosomatidae
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Acanthosomatidae - relative sizes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Acanthosomatidae
Signoret, 1864
Subfamilies

Acanthosomatinae
Blaudusinae
Ditomotarsinae


Acanthosomatinae
Blaudusinae
Ditomotarsinae

Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named “shield bugs,” for which Kumar in his World revision recognizes 47 genera; now this number is 54 genera, with about 200 species, and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea. In 2014 a new genus was described upgrading the number of valid genera to 55.

Examples of genera and species:

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Elasmostethus interstinctus

Cyphostethus tristriatus

Elasmucha grisea

Elasmucha ferrugata


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