''Podops''
[Laporte de Castelnau FL (1833) Mémoire de cinquante espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Insectes. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' 1: 386–415.] is a genus of
Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
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 Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert G ...
; it is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the subfamily Podopinae and tribe
Podopini
Podopinae, known as turtle bugs, are a subfamily of the insect family Pentatomidae. The type genus is '' Podops''.
Tribes and Genera
''BioLib'' lists: Brachycerocorini
Auth. Davidova-Vilimova & Stys, 1993
# '' Bolbocoris'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 ...
. Species are recorded from Europe and includes the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
''P. inunctus'', which can be found in the
British Isles
The British Isles are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner Hebrides, Inner and Outer Hebr ...
.
Species
''BioLib'' lists the following:
;Subgenus Opocrates
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops annulicornis''
Jakovlev, 1877
# ''
Podops curvidens
''Podops''Laporte de Castelnau FL (1833) Mémoire de cinquante espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Insectes. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' 1: 386–415. is a genus of Palaearctic Heteroptera, bugs, in the family Pentatomidae ...
''
A. Costa, 1843
# ''
Podops rectidens''
Horváth, 1883
;Subgenus Petalodera
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops buccatus''
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops dilatata''
Fieber in Puton, 1873
# ''
Podops tangirus''
(Fabricius, 1803)
;Subgenus Podops
Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
# ''
Podops calligerus''
Horváth, 1887
# ''
Podops inunctus''
(Fabricius, 1775) (synonym ''P. inuncta'')
type species (as ''Cimex inunctus''
Fabricius, 1775)
# ''
Podops retowskii''
Horváth, 1883
References
External links
British Bugs ''Podops inuncta'' Turtle Shieldbug (retrieved 31 October 2021)
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Pentatomidae
Pentatomomorpha genera
Hemiptera of Europe