''Stictopleurus punctiventris'' is a species in the family
Rhopalidae ("scentless plant bugs"), in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
("true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies").
The distribution range of ''Stictopleurus punctiventris'' includes Central America and North America.
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References
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States'', xix + 958.
* Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Stictopleurus punctiventris''
Insects described in 1852
Rhopalini
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