Tetyra
Genus of true bugs
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Tetyra bipunctata | |
Scientific 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]
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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
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.
External links
Media related to Tetyra at Wikimedia Commons
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