''Scutellera'' 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
shield bugs
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 familie ...
in the subfamily Scutellerinae and tribe
Scutellerini. Species are recorded from South and SE Asia.
Species
The following names have been included,
[BioLib.cz]
''Scutellera'' Lamarck, 1801 (retrieved 4 February 2024) but the genus was revised in 2022:
# ''
Scutellera nepalensis'' - 2 subspecies:
## ''S. nepalensis nepalensis''
## ''S. nepalensis amethystina''
# ''
Scutellera perplexa'' – type species (synonym ''Tectocoris perplexa''
[Westwood JO (1837) A catalogue of Hemiptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, M. A., F.R.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. M.E.S. etc. etc., with short Latin descriptions of the new species. J.C. Bridgewater, London, 46 pp.])
# ''
Scutellera spilogastra''
;Now revised:
* ''Scutellera fasciata''
* previously as synonyms of "''S. perplexa''":
** ''Scutellera brevirostris''
** ''Cimex nobilis'' , ''Scutellera nobilis'' are now ''
Calliphara nobilis''
* ''Scutellera holosericea'' is ''
Procilia holosericea''
* ''Scutellera punctatissima''
* ''Scutellera splendida''
References
External links
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Pentatomomorpha genera
Hemiptera of Asia
Scutelleridae
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck