Menida

This article is about the genus of bugs. For the Greek name for a fish species, see Squalius keadicus.

Menida
Menida violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Menidini
Genus: Menida
Motschulsky, 1861
Synonyms
  • Pygomenida Breddin, 1898
  • Stromatocoris Jakovlev, 1876

Menida is a genus of African, Asian and Australian shield-bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae and typical of the tribe Menidini; it was erected by Victor Motschulsky in 1861.[1]

Species

GBIF includes:

  1. Menida disjecta (Uhler, 1860)
  2. Menida formosa (Westwood, 1837)
  3. Menida lata Yang, 1934
  4. Menida megaspila (Walker, 1867)
  5. Menida musiva (JakovLev, 1867)
  6. Menida varipennis (Westwood, 1837)
  7. Menida versicolor (Gmelin, 1790)
  8. Menida violacea Motschulsky, 1861

References

  1. ^ Motschoulsky VI (1862) Etudes Ent., 10.
  • Data related to Menida at Wikispecies
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