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Plataspidae
Megacopta cribraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Plataspidae
Dallas, 1851
Genera

> 60 genera

Plataspidae (emended by some later authors as "Plataspididae", in violation of ICZN Code Article 29.5) are a family of shield bugs native to the Old World. They are a family of hemipteran insects (true bugs) of the suborder Heteroptera (typical bugs).

Genera

Biology

These bugs are phytophagous, polyphagous or oligophagous, mainly associated with the Fabaceae, but can also feed on plants of other families. Some may feed on fungi.

They harbor microorganisms in their digestive tract, specific to each host species, living in symbiosis with it.

They are gregarious and can be found in large groups.

Social behaviors have been observed in Libyaspis : the adults, well protected by their pronotum and their scutellum covering the entire abdomen, group together at the base of the branches in which the larvae develop, thus preventing the access of predatory ladybug larvae.

Little is known about their biology.

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Distribution

This family is of Old World origin only, found primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. Some species of Coptosoma are found in temperate areas. A few species have, however, been introduced to the American continent and some Pacific islands (such as Hawaii).

Only one genus occurs in Europe, Coptosoma, with only one widely distributed species, Coptosoma scutellatum and three Mediterranean species: C. sandahli in Sicily, C. costale in Cyprus, and C. mucronatum in the Balkans.

Species introduced to other areas

Coptosoma xanthogramma was introduced to Hawaii in 1965.

Two species were introduced to the New World: Megacopta cribraria, introduced in 2009 to Georgia (United States), and Brachyplatys aeneus, introduced to Central America and Florida. M. cribraria quickly spread to other states in the American South, where it has become a pest of soybeans.

Coptosoma scutellatum on Onobrychis

References

  1. Dallas, W.S. (1851). Gray, J.E. (ed.). List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 61.
  2. Bean Plataspid
Extant Hemiptera families
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha
Cicadomorpha
Cercopoidea
(froghoppers)
Cicadoidea
(cicadas)
Membracoidea
Fulgoromorpha
(planthoppers)
Fulgoroidea
Suborder Sternorrhyncha
Aleyrodoidea
Aphidoidea
(aphids)
Coccoidea
(scale insects)
Phylloxeroidea
Psylloidea
Suborder Heteroptera (with Coleorrhyncha)
Dipsocoromorpha
Enicocephalomorpha
Enicocephaloidea
Gerromorpha
(semiaquatic bugs)
Gerroidea
Hebroidea
Hydrometroidea
Mesovelioidea
(water treaders)
Leptopodomorpha
Nepomorpha
(true water bugs)
Corixoidea
Nepoidea
Ochteroidea
Aphelocheiroidea
Naucoroidea
Notonectoidea
Pleoidea
Peloridiomorpha
(Coleorrhyncha)
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
Pentatomomorpha
Aradoidea
Pentatomoidea
(shield bugs)
Coreoidea
Lygaeoidea
Pyrrhocoroidea
Note: Coleorrhyncha are a different clade from Heteroptera. Heteroptera with Coleorrhyncha were referred to as Prosorrhyncha.
Taxon identifiers
Plataspididae


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