''Mecidea'' is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family

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. There are eight described species in ''Mecidea''. Species within this genus feed on

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like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating

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. They are the only genus within the

Mecideini Mecideini is a tribe 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 Pentatomoid ...

taxonomic

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to live in the

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Species

These eight species belong to the genus ''Mecidea'': * '' Mecidea indica'' Dallas, 1851 * '' Mecidea lindbergi'' Wagner, 1954 * '' Mecidea lutzi'' Sailer * '' Mecidea major'' Sailer, 1952 * '' Mecidea minor'' Ruckes, 1946 * '' Mecidea pallida'' Stal, 1845 * '' Mecidea pallidissima'' Jensen-Haarup, 1922 * '' Mecidea pampeana'' Sailer

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* Pentatomidae genera Articles created by Qbugbot Mecideini {{Pentatomidae-stub

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