''Menida'' is a genus of African, Asian and Australian
shield-bugs in the subfamily
Pentatominae
Pentatominae is a subfamily of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs. This subfamily is the largest one within the Pentatomidae, having 4937 species classified in 938 genera. Species in this subfamily are phytophages and several of them are consid ...
and typical of the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
Menidini
Pentatominae is a subfamily of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs. This subfamily is the largest one within the Pentatomidae, having 4937 species classified in 938 genera. Species in this subfamily are phytophages and several of them are consid ...
; it was erected by
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, sometimes Victor von Motschulsky ( Russian: Виктор Иванович Мочульский; 11 April 1810, St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles.
...
in 1861.
[Motschoulsky VI (1862) ''Etudes Ent.'', 10.]
Species
GBIF includes:
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Menida disjecta
''Menida'' is a genus of African, Asian and Australian Pentatomoidea, shield-bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae and typical of the Tribe (biology), tribe Menidini; it was erected by Victor Motschulsky in 1861.Motschoulsky VI (1862) ''Etudes Ent ...
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(Uhler, 1860)
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Menida formosa''
(Westwood, 1837)
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Menida lata''
Yang, 1934
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Menida megaspila''
(Walker, 1867)
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Menida musiva''
(JakovLev, 1867)
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Menida varipennis''
(Westwood, 1837)
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Menida versicolor''
(Gmelin, 1790)
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Menida violacea''
Motschulsky, 1861
References
External links
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Hemiptera of Asia
Pentatomidae genera
Pentatominae
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky
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