Homaemus
Genus of true bugs
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Homaemus proteus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Scutelleridae |
Subfamily: | Pachycorinae |
Genus: | Homaemus Dallas, 1851 |
Homaemus is a genus of North American shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are about 5 described species in Homaemus.[1][2][3]
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Species
- Homaemus aeneifrons (Say, 1824)
- Homaemus bijugis Uhler, 1872
- Homaemus parvulus (Germar, 1839)
- Homaemus proteus Stål, 1862
- Homaemus variegatus Van Duzee, 1914
References
Further reading
- Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. pp. xix + 958. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Henry, Thomas J; Froeschner, Richard C (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.
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