The Antestiini are a tribe of shield-bugs, in the subfamily Pentatominae erected by William Lucas Distant in 1902.[1] Genera are distributed from Africa to South-East Asia and Australia; in West Africa genera such as Antestiopsis are significant coffee pests.

Antestiini
Antestiopsis thunbergii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Antestiini
Distant, 1902

Species

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The following are included in BioLib.cz:[2]

  1. Anaca Bergroth, 1891
  2. Anaxilaus (bug) Stål, 1876
  3. Antestia Stål, 1865 - type genus
  4. Antestiella Linnavuori, 1975
  5. Antestiopsis Leston, 1952
  6. Bergrothina Schouteden, 1904
  7. Birketsmithia Leston, 1956
  8. Cnemobia Bergroth, 1910
  9. Dryadantestia Linnavuori, 1982
  10. Dryadocoris Kirkaldy, 1909
  11. Eipeliella Schumacher, 1912
  12. Eudryadocoris Linnavuori, 1975
  13. Kilimacoris Jeannel, 1913
  14. Millotia (bug) Cachan, 1952
  15. Neoplautia Ahmad & Rana, 1981
  16. Nimbocoris Villiers, 1959
  17. Nkolbissonicoris Rider, 1998
  18. Novatilla Distant, 1888
  19. Obuducoris Linnavuori, 1982
  20. Otantestia Breddin, 1900
  21. Parantestia Linnavuori, 1973
  22. Plautia Stål, 1864
  23. Porphyroptera China, 1929
  24. Socantestia Ribes & Schmitz, 1992
  25. Starioides Matsumura, 1913
  26. Tantesia Cachan, 1952
  27. Zangiola Breddin, 1901

References

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  1. ^ Distant WL (1902) Rhynchota, vol. I. (Heteroptera) in Blandford, W.T. (ed.) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. 439 pp.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz: Antestiini Distant, 1902 (retrieved 6 April 2023)]
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