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Genus of true bugs

Tessaratoma
Tessaratoma papillosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tessaratomidae
Subfamily: Tessaratominae
Tribe: Tessaratomini
Genus: Tessaratoma
Berthold, 1827

Tessaratoma is the type genus of the shield bug family Tessaratomidae, tribe Tessaratomini and subtribe Tessaratomina. Species have been recorded from the Indomalayan realm and Australasia. Several species appear to be frugivores and T. papillosa is a significant pest of lychees.

Species

Tessaratoma javanica the "soap nut bug"

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

  1. Tessaratoma absimilis Distant, 1893
  2. Tessaratoma aethiops Distant, 1877
  3. Tessaratoma afzelii Stål, 1854
  4. Tessaratoma conspersa Stål, 1863
  5. Tessaratoma furcifera Walker, 1868
  6. Tessaratoma hornimani Distant, 1877
  7. Tessaratoma indica Breddin, 1909
  8. Tessaratoma indicta Distant, 1890
  9. Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg, 1783)
  10. Tessaratoma kina Distant, 1909
  11. Tessaratoma kinta Distant, 1909
  12. Tessaratoma longicornis Dohrn, 1863
  13. Tessaratoma malaya Stål, 1870
  14. Tessaratoma miscella Montandon, 1894
  15. Tessaratoma nemorivaga Distant, 1890
  16. Tessaratoma nigripes Dallas, 1851
  17. Tessaratoma nigroscutellata Distant, 1921
  18. Tessaratoma oblonga Blöte, 1945
  19. Tessaratoma papillosa (Drury, 1770)
  20. Tessaratoma planicarinata Breddin, 1912
  21. Tessaratoma quadrata Distant, 1902
  22. Tessaratoma rubida Breddin, 1901
  23. Tessaratoma spinipes Bergroth, 1906
  24. Tessaratoma stictica Vollenhoven, 1868
  25. Tessaratoma striata Walker, 1868
  26. Tessaratoma timorensis Vollenhoven, 1868


References

  1. ^ "Tessaratoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-12-10.

Further reading

  • 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.

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