Biology:Asiarcha

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Asiarcha
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Asiarcha oblonga
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tessaratomidae
Genus: Asiarcha
Stal, 1870
Type species
Mattiphus nigridorsis
Stål, 1863

Asiarcha is a genus of bugs in the family Tessaratomidae. There are three species known from South and Southeast Asia.

Species in the genus have a pronotal shield extending forward with parallel lateral margins; with the angles of the sixth abdominal segment acute and pointing backwards. They are very similar to the genus Mattiphus in which some species were formerly placed.[1] Species in the genus include:[2][3]

  • Asiarcha angulosa Zia, 1957
  • Asiarcha nigridorsis (Stål, 1863)[4]
  • Asiarcha oblonga (Dallas, 1851)

References

  1. Kumar, R.; Ghauri, M. S. K. (1970). "Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea. (Heteroptera) 2 - World genera of Tessaratomini (Tessaratomidae)" (in en). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 17 (1–3): 1–32. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19700170102. ISSN 1860-1324. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mmnd.19700170102. 
  2. Distant, W.L. (1902). Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. Volume I.. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 272–273. https://archive.org/details/b21352628_0001/page/271/mode/1up. 
  3. Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region Catalogue. With index, references. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-71912-28-3. 
  4. Stål, C. (1863). "Hemipterrorum exoticorum Generum et specierum nonnullarorum novarum descriptiones". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3 1: 600–603. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32121554. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q63313788 entry