Heterogaster

Heterogaster
Heterogaster urticae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Heterogastridae
Genus: Heterogaster
Schilling, 1829

Heterogaster is a genus of seed bugs in the family Heterogastridae. There are about 11 species, nine of the Old World, and two of the New World.[1]

Species include:

References

  1. Scudder, G. G. E. and A. C Eyles. (2003). Heterogaster urticae (Hemiptera: Heterogastridae), a new alien species and family to New Zealand. Weta 25, 8-13.
  2. "New Zealand Biosecurity: Nettle Ground Bug". Victoria, Australia: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, PaDIL, Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014.


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