''Zicrona'' is a genus of bugs of 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 was

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Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (23 September 1799, in Vendreeuv – 13 October 1866, in Paris) was a French lawyer and entomologist especially interested in the Hemiptera. After his father died, Amyot lived with a neighbor, a wealthy merchant, who ...

and

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (; his name, before the French Revolution, Revolution, included a Nobiliary particle, particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on 11 November 1775 in Paris. He died on 27 March 1858 in La Fert ...

Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word () meaning "odorant".

Species

, the following four species are recognized: * ''

Zicrona americana ''Zicrona'' is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word () meaning "odorant". Spec ...

'' Thomas, 1992 * ''

Zicrona caerulea ''Zicrona caerulea'', the blue shieldbug, is a species of bug of the family Pentatomidae. Description ''Zicrona caerulea'' can reach an adult size of about . The body is uniformly metallic blue-green (hence the Latin name ''caerulea'', meaning ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue Bug * ''

Zicrona hisarensis ''Zicrona'' is a genus of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. It was circumscribed by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Amyot and Serville wrote the genus's name comes from the Hebrew word () meaning "odorant". Spec ...

'' Chopra & Sucheta, 1984 * '' Zicrona murreensis'' Rana & Ahmad, 1988

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Fauna europaea
Asopinae Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Pentatomidae genera {{Pentatomidae-stub