Checklist of Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 (lesser shield bugs)
for Gambia (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 290
2438
4343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 289
2437
4342 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 278
2394
4247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 59
270
332 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 57
267
329 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 38
171
213 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 22
124
159 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pentatomoidea
Reuter, 1910
| 7
43
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pentatomidae
Leach, 1815
Lesser shield bugs, Shield bugs, Shield-backed bugs | 24
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gambia
24 Genera with 18 Species
| Acrosternum Fieber, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Adria Stål, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aeliomorpha Stål, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afrius Stål, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agonoscelis Spinola, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antestiopsis Leston, 1952 | Variegated coffee bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspavia Stål, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bathycoelia Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carbula Stal, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dalsira Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diploxys Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eribotes Stål, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eysarcoris Hahn, 1837 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Halyomorpha Mayr, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecidea Dallas, 1922 | Narrow Stink Bug | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Menida Motschulsky, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nezara Amyot & Serv..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramecocoris Stål, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parantestia Linnavuori, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parentheca Berg, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piezodorus Fieber, 1865 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Podops Laporte, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sciocoris Fallen, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scotinophara Stål, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gambia
18 Species | Acrosternum (Acrosternum) millierei Mulsant, 1866 | | | Adria parvula Dallas, 1851 | | | Aeliomorpha griseoflava Stål, 1854 | | | Aeliomorpha pumila Stål, 1854 | | | Afrius purpureus Westwood, 1837 | | | Aspavia armigera Fabricius, 1781 | | | Carbula carbula Distant, 1887 | | | Eribotes australis Dallas, 1852 | | | Eysarcoris ventralis Westwood, 1837 | White Spotted Bug | | Mecidea lindbergi Wagner, 1954 | | | Mecidea pallidissima Jensen-Haarup, 1922 | | | Nezara viridula Linnaeus, 1758 | Green plant bug | | Parentheca aeliomorpha | | | Piezodorus rubrofasciatus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Piezodorus teretipes Stål, 1865 | | | Sciocoris (Sciocoris) deltocephalus Fieber, 1861 | | | Sciocoris australis (Dallas, 1852) | ⇒ Eribotes australis Dallas, 1852 | | Sciocoris fuscosparsus Stål, 1858 | |
Subnodes of Pentatomidae with occurrences in Gambia
 | | Pentatomidae (Leach 1815) |
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