''Podops''
[Laporte de Castelnau FL (1833) Mémoire de cinquante espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Insectes. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' 1: 386–415.] is a genus of
Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
bugs, in the family
Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert G ...
; it is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the subfamily Podopinae and tribe
Podopini
Podopinae, known as turtle bugs, are a subfamily of the insect family Pentatomidae. The type genus is '' Podops''.
Tribes and Genera
''BioLib'' lists: Brachycerocorini
Auth. Davidova-Vilimova & Stys, 1993
# '' Bolbocoris'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 ...
. Species are recorded from Europe and includes the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
''P. inunctus'', which can be found in the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
.
Species
''BioLib'' lists the following:
;Subgenus Opocrates
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops annulicornis''
Jakovlev, 1877
# ''
Podops curvidens
''Podops''Laporte de Castelnau FL (1833) Mémoire de cinquante espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Insectes. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' 1: 386–415. is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Pentatomidae; it is the ...
''
A. Costa, 1843
# ''
Podops rectidens''
Horváth, 1883
;Subgenus Petalodera
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops buccatus
''Podops''Laporte de Castelnau FL (1833) Mémoire de cinquante espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Insectes. ''Annales de la Société entomologique de France'' 1: 386–415. is a genus of Palaearctic bugs, in the family Pentatomidae; it is the ...
''
Horváth, 1883
# ''
Podops dilatata''
Fieber in Puton, 1873
# ''
Podops tangirus''
(Fabricius, 1803)
;Subgenus Podops
Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
# ''
Podops calligerus''
Horváth, 1887
# ''
Podops inunctus''
(Fabricius, 1775) (synonym ''P. inuncta'')
type species (as ''Cimex inunctus''
Fabricius, 1775)
# ''
Podops retowskii''
Horváth, 1883
References
External Links
British Bugs ''Podops inuncta'' Turtle Shieldbug (retrieved 31 October 2021)
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Pentatomidae
Pentatomomorpha genera
Hemiptera of Europe