Checklist of Superfamily Pentatomoidea Reuter, 1910
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 56
200
345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 48
176
321 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 28
120
259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Pentatomomorpha
Leston & al., 1954
| 15
43
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pentatomoidea
Reuter, 1910
| 6
20
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Botswana
6 Families width 15 Species
Genera for Botswana
20 Genera with 15 Species | Agonoscelis Spinola, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bagrada Stl, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calidea De Laporte, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caura Stål, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coptosoma De Laporte, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coridius Illiger, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyptocoris Burmeister, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Encosternum Spinola, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lalervis Signoret, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroscytus Fieber, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecosoma Dallas, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menida Motschulsky, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Natalicola Spinola, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nezara Amyot & Serv..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parachinavia Roche, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Peltasticus Dallas, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platacantha Herrich-Schä..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selenymenum Montandon, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenosthedium Spinola, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaerocoris Burmeister, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
15 Species | Agonoscelis erosa Westwood, 1837 | | | Bagrada (Bagrada) hilaris Burmeister, 1835 | Bagrada bug | | Calidea dregii Germar, 1837 | | | Caura rufiventris Germar, 1837 | | | Coridius viduatus Fabricius, 1794 | | | Encosternum delegorguei Spinola, 1850 | | | Macroscytus brunneus Fabricius, 1803 | | | Mecosoma mensor Dallas, 1851 | | | Menida decoratula Stål, 1854 | | | Natalicola pallida Westwood, 1837 | | | Nezara viridula Linnaeus, 1758 | Green plant bug | | Parachinavia prunasis Roche, 1977 | | | Platacantha lutea Westwood, 1837 | | | Solenosthedium liligerum Thunberg, 1783 | |
Subnodes of Pentatomoidea with occurrences in Botswana | Family | Cydnidae
Billberg, 1820
Burrower bugs, Burrowing Bug, Burrowing Bugs, Burrowing shield bugs, Burrowing stinkbugs, Negro bugs | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dinidoridae
Stål, 1867
dinidorid bug | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pentatomidae
Leach, 1815
lesser shield bugs, Shield bugs, Shield-backed bugs, Stink Bug, Stink bugs, Stinkbugs, Terrestrial turtle bugs, Terrstrian turtle bugs | 10
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Plataspididae
Dallas, 1851
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scutelleridae
Leach, 1815
Jewel bugs, metallic shield bug, Metallic shield bugs, Shield bugs, Shield-back bugs, Shield-backed bugs | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tessaratomidae
Stål, 1864
giant shield bug, Tessaratomids | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information
|
