Asiarcha

Asiarcha
Asiarcha oblonga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tessaratomidae
Tribe:	Tessaratomini
Genus:	Asiarcha Stal, 1870
Type species
Mattiphus nigridorsis Stål, 1863 [1]

Asiarcha is a genus of bugs in the family Tessaratomidae. Species are known from South and Southeast Asia.

Description

Species in the genus have a pronotal shield extending forward with parallel lateral margins; with the angles of the sixth abdominal segment acute and pointing backwards. They are very similar to the genus Mattiphus in which some species were formerly placed. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

Asiarcha includes: ^[4]

1. Asiarcha angulosa Zia, 1957
2. Asiarcha nigridorsis (Stål, 1863) - type species
3. Asiarcha oblonga (Dallas, 1851)

References

1. Stål, C. (1863). "Hemipterrorum exoticorum Generum et specierum nonnullarorum novarum descriptiones". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 1: 600–603.
2. Kumar, R.; Ghauri, M. S. K. (1970). "Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea. (Heteroptera) 2 - World genera of Tessaratomini (Tessaratomidae)" . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 17 (1–3): 1–32. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19700170102. ISSN   1860-1324.
3. Distant, W.L. (1902). Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. Volume I. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 272–273.
4. Aukema, B.; Chr. Rieger (eds.). Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region Catalogue. With index, references. p. 183. ISBN   978-90-71912-28-3.

External links

• Hemiptera database