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''Megacopta'' is a genus of true bugs in the family 
Plataspidae
Plataspidae (Emendation (taxonomy), emended by some later authors as "Plataspididae", in violation of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN Code Article 29.5) are a family of shield bugs native to the Old World. They are a family of ...
.
Species
* '' Megacopta bicolor'' Hsiao & Jen 1977 * '' Megacopta bituminata'' (Montandon 1897) * '' Megacopta breviceps'' (Horváth 1879) * '' Megacopta caliginosa'' (Montandon, 1893) * '' Megacopta callosa'' (Yang, 1934) * '' Megacopta centronubila'' (Yang, 1934) * '' Megacopta centrosignata'' (Yang, 1934) * ''Megacopta cribraria
''Megacopta cribraria'', also called the bean plataspid, kudzu bug, globular stink bug and lablab bug, is a shield bug native to India and China, where it is an agricultural pest of lablab beans and other legumes. The bug, while harmless to h ...
'' (Fabricius, 1798) (kudzu bug)
* '' Megacopta cribriella'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta cycloceps'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta dinghushana'' Chen, 1989
* '' Megacopta distanti'' (Montandon, 1893)
* '' Megacopta fimbriata'' (Distant, 1887)
* '' Megacopta fimbrilla'' Li, 1981
* '' Megacopta horvathi'' (Montandon, 1894)
* '' Megacopta hui'' (Yang, 1934)
* '' Megacopta laeviventris'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta liniola'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta lobata'' (Walker, 1867)
* '' Megacopta longruiana'' Ren, 2000
* '' Megacopta punctatissima'' (Montandon, 1894)(Japanese common plataspid stinkbug)
* '' Megacopta rotunda'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta subsolitaris'' (Yang, 1934)
* '' Megacopta tubercula'' Hsiao & Jen, 1977
* '' Megacopta verrucosa'' (Montandon, 1897)
* '' Megacopta w-nigrum'' (Varshney, 1965)
Symbionts
Bacterialsymbiont
Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can fo ...
s are necessary for ''Megacopta'' bugs to digest soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean. Soy is a staple crop, the world's most grown legume, and an important animal feed.
Soy is a key source o ...
plant material.
References
Further reading
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* Shield bugs {{Pentatomoidea-stub