Overview
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The Acanthosomatidae is a small family in the order commonly known as shield bugs. They are distinguished from related families in that they have only two tarsal segments. There are over 30 genera in three subfamilies, distributed worldwide.
Genera
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- Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824
- Cyphostethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmosthethus Fieber, 1860
- Elasmucha Stål, 1864
- Eupolemus
- ...
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Taxonomy
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The Family Acanthosomatidae is a member of the Superfamily Pentatomoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acanthosomatidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Condylognatha
- Order: Hemiptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Bugs
- Infraorder: Pentatomorpha
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Family: Acanthosomatidae (Stål, 1864) - Shield Bugs
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Infraorder: Pentatomorpha
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Bugs
- Order: Hemiptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
- Superorder: Condylognatha
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Acanthosomatidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (18): Aelia · Aethus · Amyssonotum · Cydnoides · Cyphostethus · Dichobothrium · Elasmostehus · Elasmostethus · Elasmucha · Kermana · Lindbergicoris · Odmalea · Oebalus · Padaeus · Phimodera · Sastragala · Sciocoris · Vanduzeeina
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 87 species and subspecies in the Family Acanthosomatidae.
Genera
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Aelia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Aethus
Amyssonotum
Cydnoides
Cyphostethus
Dichobothrium
Elasmostehus
Elasmostethus
Elasmucha
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Kermana
Lindbergicoris
Odmalea
Oebalus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Padaeus
Phimodera
Sastragala
Sciocoris
Vanduzeeina
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vanduzeeina.
More info about the Genus Vanduzeeina may be found here.
Footnotes
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- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Elasmucha&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Oebalus&search=Search
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