''Ceratopachys'' is a genus of African
seed bugs in the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
Homoeocerini
The HomoeoceriniAmyot, Serville (1843) ''Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères'' i-lxxvi, 1-675, 1-6. are a Tribe (biology), tribe of Coreidae, leaf-footed bugs, in the subfamily Coreinae erected by Amyot and Serville in 1843. Genera are ...
, erected by
John Obadiah Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologi ...
in 1842.
[Westwood JO (1842) ''A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope.'' 2: 22.]
Species
The ''Coreoidea Species File'' lists:
# ''
Ceratopachys nigricornis'' (Germar, 1838)
# ''
Ceratopachys virescens'' Dallas, 1852
References
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Coreidae genera
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