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Psacasta

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Psacasta
Psacasta exanthematica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Subfamily: Eurygastrinae
Genus: Psacasta
Germar, 1839
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Psacasta is a genus of Palaearctic jewel or shield-backed bugs in the subfamily Eurygastrinae and typical of the tribe Psacastini; the genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1839.[1][2]

Species

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The following are included in BioLib.cz:[3]

subgenus Cryptodontus Mulsant & Rey, 1866
  1. Psacasta neglecta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1837)
  2. Psacasta tuberculata (Fabricius, 1781)
subgenus Psacasta Germar, 1839
  1. Psacasta cypria Puton, 1881
  2. Psacasta exanthematica (Scopoli, 1763)
  3. Psacasta granulata (A.Costa, 1847)
  4. Psacasta herculeana Horváth, 1891
  5. Psacasta horvathi Royer, 1923
  6. Psacasta pallida Reuter, 1902
  7. Psacasta simillima Horváth, 1917

References

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  1. ^ Germar EF (1839) Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Schildwanzen. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 1(1): 1-146.
  2. ^ "GBIF genus Psacasta Germar, 1839". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ "BioLib genus Psacasta Germar, 1839". biolib.cz. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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