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Pachycorinae
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...
25 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Orsilochides
genusOrsilochides
Pachycoris
genusPachycoris
Tetyra
genusTetyra
Homaemus
genusHomaemus
Sphyrocoris
genusSphyrocoris
Symphylus
genusSymphylus
Stethaulax
genusStethaulax
Diolcus
genusDiolcus
Kernegaster
genusKernegaster
Agonosoma
genusAgonosoma
Polytes
genusPolytes
Camirus
genusCamirus
Coptochilus
genusCoptochilus
Tiridates
genusTiridates
Misippus
genusMisippus
Acantholomidea
genusAcantholomidea
Ascanius
genusAscanius
Crathis
genusCrathis
Lobothyreus
genusLobothyreus
Chelycoris
genusChelycoris
Chelyschema
genusChelyschema
Galeacius
genusGaleacius
Dystus
genusDystus
Nesogenes
genusNesogenes
Brailovskylus
genusBrailovskylus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 554403.