''Sciocoris homalonotus'' is a species of
shield bug
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 ...
belonging to 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 ...
, 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 ...
. It is approximately 6–7 mm in size. The species was
first described by
Franz Xaver Fieber
Franz Xaver Fieber (; 1 March 1807 – 22 February 1872) was a German Bohemian botanist and entomologist.
Biography
Fieber was born on 1 March 1807 in Prague. He was the son of Franz Anton Fieber and Maria Anna née Hantsehl. He studied economi ...
in 1851.
The apex of the
chorion
The chorion is the outermost fetal membrane around the embryo in mammals, birds and reptiles (amniotes). It is also present around the embryo of other animals, like insects and molluscs.
Structure
In humans and other therian mammals, the cho ...
is more rounded in respect of ''
Sciocoris microphthalmus''
Flor, 1860.
It can be found in most of Europe.
References
* Rider D.A., 2004 - Family Pentatomidae - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region
External links
''BioLib''''Fauna Europaea''
Sciocorini
Insects described in 1851
Hemiptera of Europe
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