Asiarcha
| Asiarcha | |
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| Asiarcha oblonga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Tessaratomidae |
| Genus: | Asiarcha Stal, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Mattiphus nigridorsis Stål, 1863
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Asiarcha is a genus of bugs in the family Tessaratomidae. There are three species known from South and Southeast Asia.
Species in the genus have a pronotal shield extending forward with parallel lateral margins; with the angles of the sixth abdominal segment acute and pointing backwards. They are very similar to the genus Mattiphus in which some species were formerly placed.[1] Species in the genus include:[2][3]
- Asiarcha angulosa Zia, 1957
- Asiarcha nigridorsis (Stål, 1863)[4]
- Asiarcha oblonga (Dallas, 1851)
References[edit]
- ^ Kumar, R.; Ghauri, M. S. K. (1970). "Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea. (Heteroptera) 2 - World genera of Tessaratomini (Tessaratomidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 17 (1–3): 1–32. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19700170102. ISSN 1860-1324.
- ^ Distant, W.L. (1902). Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. Volume I. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 272–273.
- ^ Aukema, B.; Chr. Rieger (eds.). Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region Catalogue. With index, references. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-71912-28-3.
- ^ Stål, C. (1863). "Hemipterrorum exoticorum Generum et specierum nonnullarorum novarum descriptiones". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 1: 600–603.