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''Tetrisia'' is a genus of shield bugs belonging to the family
Plataspidae Plataspidae (Emendation (taxonomy), emended by some later authors as "Plataspididae", in violation of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN Code Article 29.5) are a family of shield bugs native to the Old World. They are a family of ...
. The same genus name was published as a new moth genus, '' Tetrisia'', four months later by the same author, making the latter an invalid junior homonym, in need of formal replacement.Waldkircher, G., Webb, M. D., & Maschwitz, U. (2004). Description of a new shieldbug (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) and its close association with a species of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southeast Asia, Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 147(1), 21-28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000133


Species

* '' Tetrisia bruchoides'' Walker, 1867 * '' Tetrisia vacca'' Webb, 2004


References

Shield bugs Pentatomomorpha genera {{Pentatomoidea-stub