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Odontotarsinae
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel (stink) bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus Scutellera, they are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum 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...
12 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Odontotarsus
genusOdontotarsus
Phimodera
genusPhimodera
Morbora
genusMorbora
Alphocoris
genusAlphocoris
Vanduzeeina
genusVanduzeeina
Euptychodera
genusEuptychodera
Ellipsocoris
genusEllipsocoris
Melanodema
genusMelanodema
Ahmadocoris
genusAhmadocoris
Odontotarsiellus
genusOdontotarsiellus
Urothyreus
genusUrothyreus
Fokkeria
genusFokkeria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 750898.