The Phyllocephalinae are a subfamily of
shield bugs
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families (1 ...
erected by Amyot and Serville in 1843.
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Tribes and genera
''BioLib'' lists the following genera in four tribes:[BioLib.cz]
subfamily Phyllocephalinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (retrieved 1 December 2021)
Cressonini
Auth.: Kamaluddin & Ahmad, 1991
# ''Cressona
''Cressona''Dallas WS (1851) ''List Specimens Hem. Ins. Coll. Brit. Museum'' 1. is a genus of Pentatomidae, shield bugs in the subfamily Phyllocephalinae, erected by William Sweetland Dallas in 1851.
Species
The following are included in ''BioLi ...
'' Dallas, 1851
# '' Kafubu'' Schouteden, 1962
# '' Lamtoplax'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Melampodius'' Distant, 1901
# '' Nimboplax'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Uddmania'' Bergroth, 1915
Megarrhamphini
Auth.: Ahmad, 1981
# '' Bakerorandolotus'' Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1978
# ''Megarrhamphus
''Megarrhamphus'' is a genus of Asian shield bugs in the subfamily Phyllocephalinae and typical of the tribe Megarrhamphini, erected by Ernst Evald Bergroth Ernst Evald Bergroth (April 1, 1857 – November 22, 1925) was a Finnish physician and ...
'' Bergroth, 1891
# '' Randolotus'' Distant, 1902
Phyllocephalini
Auth.: Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Basicryptus'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1844
# '' Borrichias'' Distant, 1910
# '' Chalcopis'' Kirkaldy, 1909
# '' Dalsira'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Delocephalus'' Distant, 1881
# '' Dichelorhinus'' Stål, 1853
# '' Diplorhinus'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Eonymia'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Frisimelica'' Distant, 1900
# '' Gonopsimorpha'' Yang, 1934
# '' Gonopsis'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Jayma'' Rider, 1998
# ''Kaffraria
Kaffraria was the descriptive name given to the southeast part of what is today the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Kaffraria, i.e. the land of the Kaffirs, is no longer an official designation (with the term ''kaffir'' now an offensive racial ...
'' Kirkaldy, 1909
# '' Katongoplax'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Lobopeltista'' Schouteden, 1905
# '' Macrina'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Magwamba'' Distant, 1910
# ''Mercatus Mercatus may refer to:
*Mercatus (bug), ''Mercatus'' (bug), a genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Phyllocephalinae
*Mercatus (festival), a Roman festival
See also
*Mercatus Center, a think tank at George Mason University
{{disambiguation ...
'' Distant, 1902
# '' Metocryptus'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Minchamia'' Gross, 1976
# '' Nazeeriana'' Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1978
# '' Neoschyzops'' Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1990
# '' Penedalsira'' Linnavuori, 1982
# '' Phyllocephala'' Laporte, 1833
# '' Roebournea'' Schouteden, 1906
# ''Salvianus
''Salvianus'' is a genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Phyllocephalinae and the tribe Phyllocephalini, erected by English entomologist William Lucas Distant
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) ...
'' Distant, 1902
# '' Sandehana'' Distant, 1898
# '' Schismatops'' Dallas, 1851
# '' Schyzops'' Spinola, 1837
# '' Storthogaster'' Karsch, 1892
# '' Tantia'' Distant, 1910
# '' Tshibalaka'' Schouteden, 1963
Tetrodini
Auth.: Ahmad, 1981
# '' Gellia'' Stål, 1865
# '' Tetroda'' Amyot & Serville, 1843
# '' Tetrodias'' Kirkaldy, 1909
unplaced genera
* '' Thalagmus'' Stål
References
External links
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Images of ''Phyllocephala volxemii''
at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
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Pentatomidae
Hemiptera subfamilies
Shield bugs