AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Metacanthini Douglas and Scott, 1865
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
149
2161
6127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
110
1814
5275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
53
532
1125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
30
300
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lygaeoidea
Schilling, 1829
14
128
343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBerytidae
Fieber, 1851
Stilt bug, Stilt bugs, Stiltbugs
6
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMetacanthinae
Douglas and Scott, 1865
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMetacanthini
Douglas and Scott, 1865
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
2 Genera with 6 Species
Metacanthus Costa, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Pneustocerus Horváth, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
6 Species
Metacanthus delhiensis Menon & Ghai, 1959
Metacanthus pectoralis Dallas, 1852
Metacanthus pertenerum Breddin, 1907
Metacanthus prima Distant, 1918
Metacanthus pulchellus Dallas, 1852
Pneustocerus gravelyi Distant & W.L., 1911


Links, sources and further information
Metacanthini at itis.gov