Biology:Mecidea

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Mecidea
Mecidea major P1090514a.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Mecideini
Genus: Mecidea
Dallas, 1851

Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about eight described species in Mecidea.[1][2][3] Species within this genus feed on grasses like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating Asteraceae. They are the only genus within the Mecideini taxonomic tribe to live in the New world.[4]

Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea
Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Mecidea:

  • Mecidea indica Dallas, 1851
  • Mecidea lindbergi Wagner, 1954
  • Mecidea lutzi Sailer
  • Mecidea major Sailer, 1952
  • Mecidea minor Ruckes, 1946
  • Mecidea pallida Stal, 1845
  • Mecidea pallidissima Jensen-Haarup, 1922
  • Mecidea pampeana Sailer

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10578919 entry