''Carpocoris'' is a genus of
shield bug
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families ...
in the family
Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert ...
. The species of this genus are quite similar.
[North Dakota State University – Key to Genus Carpocoris]
Distribution
The species of this genus are widespread in most of Europe.
[ Fauna Europaea]
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Species
Gallery
File:Pentatomidae - Carpocoris purpureipennis-1.JPG, ''Carpocoris purpureipennis''
File:Carpocoris purpureipennis qtl1.jpg, ''Carpocoris purpureipennis''
File:Pentatomidae - Carpocoris mediterraneus - Nymph.JPG, ''Carpocoris mediterraneus'', nymph
File:Carpocoris_mediterraneus_rec.jpg, ''Carpocoris mediterraneus''
File:Bug September 2008-1.jpg, ''Carpocoris fuscispinus''
File:Carpocoris Juvénile 2.jpg, Juvenile Bug (''Carpocoris sp''.) on a Wild Garlic's head (''Allium vineale'')
References
* Rider D.A., 2004 - Family Pentatomidae - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region
External links
Biolib
Pentatomidae
Pentatomomorpha genera
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