Pellaea is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae.
Pellaea | |
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Pellaea stictica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Pentatomidae |
Tribe: | Pentatomini |
Genus: | Pellaea Stål, 1872 |
There are at least two described species in this genus: Pellaea stictica and Pellaea santarosenesis.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Pellaea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Pellaea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Rolston, L. H. (1984). "Pellaea santarosensis (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a New Species from Costa Rica". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 92 (4): 344–348. ISSN 0028-7199. JSTOR 25009440.
Further reading
edit- Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.