''Chlorochroa juniperina'' is a European species of
shield bug in the tribe
Nezarini
Nezarini is a tribe of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae.
Genera
There are at least 21 described genera in the Nezarini including:
* ''Acrosternum
''Acrosternum'' is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are more tha ...
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''C. juniperina'' is distributed in mainland Europe from France through to Scandinavia, but became extinct in England in 1925 due to the decline of juniper, its host.
The plate below shows ''C. juniperina - "Pentantoma juniperina'' Linn" (bottom-right) in ''The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands''.
[Edward Saunders (1892) ''The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.'']
References
[Dyntaxa ''Chlorochroa juniperina''](_blank)
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Hemiptera of Europe
Bugs described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Pentatomini
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