''Cosmopepla'' is a genus of stink bugs 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 G ...
.
''
Cosmopepla lintneriana'' is the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
. ''Cosmopepla lintneriana'' was first described in 1798 by
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...
as ''Cimex carnifex''.
Species
* ''
Cosmopepla bimaculata''
(Thomas, 1865)
* ''
Cosmopepla binotata''
Distant, 1889
* ''
Cosmopepla coeruleata''
Montandon, 1893
* ''
Cosmopepla conspicillaris''
(Dallas, 1851) – hedgenettle stink bug, conspicuous stink bug
* ''
Cosmopepla cruciaria''
Stål, 1872
* ''
Cosmopepla decorata''
(Hahn, 1834)
* ''
Cosmopepla intergressus''
(Uhler, 1893)
* ''
Cosmopepla lintneriana''
(Kirkaldy, 1909) – twice-stabbed stink bug
* ''
Cosmopepla uhleri''
Montandon, 1893
References
Carpocorini
Pentatomomorpha genera
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