Checklist of Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 (lesser shield bugs)
for Tanzania (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 515
7763
24724 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
7759
24718 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 493
7662
24448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 107
722
1293 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 76
623
1128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 33
199
335 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 20
115
169 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pentatomoidea
Reuter, 1910
| 6
19
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pentatomidae
Leach, 1815
Lesser shield bugs, Shield bugs, Shield-backed bugs | 10
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Tanzania
10 Genera with 10 Species | Aeliomorpha Stål, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carbula Stal, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caura Stål, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurydema Laporte, 1864 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glypsus Dallas, 1837 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lerida Karsch, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrorhaphis Dallas, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nezara Amyot & Serv..., 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Peltasticus Dallas, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatoma Olivier, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tanzania
10 Species | Aeliomorpha griseoflava Stål, 1854 | | | Carbula trisignata Germar Germar, 0 | | | Caura rufiventris Germar, 1837 | | | Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) cyanea Fieber, 1864 | | | Glypsus conspicuus Westwood, 1837 | | | Lerida pugnax Stål, 1876 | | | Macrorhaphis (Megarhaphis) acuta Dallas, 1851 | | | Nezara naspira Dallas, 1851 | | | Nezara viridula Linnaeus, 1758 | Green plant bug | | Pentatoma schaurothi ♰ C. Giebel, 1862 | |
Subnodes of Pentatomidae with occurrences in Tanzania
 | | Pentatomidae (Leach 1815) |
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