''Stictopleurus punctiventris'' is a species in the family
Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family (biology), family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called "Corizidae". They differ from the related Coreidae, coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usu ...
("scentless plant bugs"), in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...
("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
Hemiptera of Central America
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