Tetyra

Genus of true bugs

Tetyra
Tetyra bipunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Subfamily: Pachycorinae
Genus: Tetyra
Fabricius, 1803

Tetyra is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are about seven described species in Tetyra.[1][2][3]

Tetyra bipunctata

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Tetyra:

  • Tetyra antillarum Kirkaldy, 1909
  • Tetyra bipunctata (Herrich-schaeffer, 1839) (shieldbacked pine seed bug)
  • Tetyra marginata
  • Tetyra ocellata
  • Tetyra pinguis Germar, 1839
  • Tetyra robusta Uhler, 1897
  • Tetyra hassii Heer, 1853

References

  1. ^ "Tetyra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Tetyra". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Eger, J. E. Jr.; Lattin, J. D. (1995). "Generic placement and synonymy of some New World Scutelleridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 103 (4): 412–420. JSTOR 25010192.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
  • McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.
  • Media related to Tetyra at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
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