Eurygaster is a genus of
shield bugs
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 familie ...
, typical of the subfamily
Eurygastrinae
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel (stink) bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus '' Scutellera'', they are also known as shield-backed b ...
and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in
Eurasia
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, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important
sunn pests.
Species
The following are included in ''BioLib.cz'':
[BioLib.cz: genus ''Eurygaster'' Laporte, 1833]
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Eurygaster alternata''
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Eurygaster amerinda''
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Eurygaster austriaca
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster chinai
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster dilaticollis
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster fokkeri
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster hottentotta
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster integriceps
''Eurygaster integriceps'' is a species of shield bug in the family Scutelleridae, commonly known as the sunn pest or corn bug. It is native to much of northern Africa, the Balkans and western and central Asia. It is a major pest of cereal crop ...
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Eurygaster laeviuscula
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster maura
''Eurygaster maura'', also known as tortoise bug, is a species of true bugs or shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Distribution
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Eurygaster minidoka
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster paderewskii
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster schreiberi
Eurygaster is a genus of shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests.
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Eurygaster shoshone
''Eurygaster shoshone'' is a species of shield-backed bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is found in North America.
References
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Eurygaster testudinaria
''Eurygaster testudinaria'' is a Palearctic shieldbug. It occurs in Europe from the Northern Mediterranean to southern Scandinavia, and East through Central Asia to northern China and Japan.
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Eurygaster granulosus
Eurygaster is a genus of Pentatomoidea, shield bugs, typical of the subfamily Eurygastrinae and tribe Eurygastrini, widespread in Eurasia, with some species in North America. At least two species are considered economically important sunn pests. ...
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Species in Europe
* ''E. austriaca'' (Schrank, 1776)
* ''E. dilaticollis'' Dohrn, 1860
* ''E. fokkeri'' Puton, 1893
* ''E. hottentotta'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''E. integriceps'' Puton, 1881
* ''E. maura'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''E. minor'' Montandon, 1885
* ''E. testudinaria'' (Geoffroy, 1785)
References
External links
Fauna europaea
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Scutelleridae
Hemiptera of Europe
Pentatomomorpha genera