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Jewel Bugs
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Jewel Bugs

Scutelleridae

Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the last section of their thorax into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings. This latter characteristic distinguishes them from most other families within Heteroptera, and may lead to misidentification as a beetle rather than a bug. These insects...

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Scutellerinae

subfamilyScutellerinae

Eurygastrinae

subfamilyEurygastrinae

Pachycorinae

subfamilyPachycorinae

Tectocorinae

subfamilyTectocorinae

Odontotarsinae

subfamilyOdontotarsinae

Elvisurinae

subfamilyElvisurinae

Odontoscelinae

subfamilyOdontoscelinae

Hoteinae

subfamilyHoteinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49525.