The Serbaninae are a highly modified subfamily of
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 ...
, containing only a single known species, ''Serbana borneensis''. It is known from very few specimens, from
Malaysia
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and
Borneo
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, and was originally described in the family
Phloeidae
Phloeidae is a family of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shie ...
, a group known only from
South America
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, then later reclassified as a pentatomid.
References
Invertebrates of Borneo
Pentatomidae
Insects described in 1906
Monotypic Hemiptera genera
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