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Forest Shield Bug
The forest shield bug (''Oncacontias vittatus'') is a species of shield bugs endemic to New Zealand. Forest shield bug nymphs prefer feeding on grasses, while adults will eat a variety of New Zealand plants including "hard-leaved" plants like Dacrydium cupressinum, rimu. ''O. vittatus'' was one of the first insects from New Zealand to be described by a European scientist. Taxonomy ''Oncacontias vittatus'', was first described in 1781 by Johan Christian Fabricius as ''Cimex vittatus''. In 1851, ''C. vittatus'' was moved to the ''Acanthosoma'' genus and was renamed as ''Acanthosoma vittatum''. In 1878, ''A. vittatum'' was moved to the ''Anubis'' genus and was renamed as ''Anubis vittatus''. In 1903, the species was independently described again as ''Oncacontias brunneipennis''. In 1906, ''Anubis vittatus'' was moved into the ''Oncacontias'' genus and ''O. brunneipennis'' was recognized as a synonym of ''O. vittatus''. Distribution/habitat ''Oncacontias vittatus'', is widesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
