Spartocerini
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Spartocerini is a tribe of leaf-footed bugs in the family
Coreidae Coreidae is a large family (biology), family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a fam ...
. There are about 6 genera and at least 60 described species in Spartocerini, typically found in the
Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
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Genera

* '' Euagona'' Dallas, 1852 * '' Eubule'' Stål, 1867 * '' Menenotus'' Laporte, 1832 * '' Molchina'' Amyot and Serville, 1843 * '' Sephina'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 * '' Spartocera'' Laporte, 1832


References

* Packauskas, Richard (2010). "Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World". ''Fort Hays Studies, Fourth Series'', no. 5, 270. * Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.


Further reading

* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. Coreinae Hemiptera tribes {{Coreidae-stub