| Calliphara | |
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| Calliphara regalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Scutelleridae |
| Tribe: | Scutellerini |
| Genus: | Calliphara Germar, 1839 |
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Calliphara is a genus of insect in the family Scutelleridae (Hemiptera). [1]
This genus has a wide distribution extending to China, Philippines, Queensland and New Guinea. [2]
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families. Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus Scutellera, they are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings. This latter characteristic distinguishes them from most other families within Heteroptera, and may lead to misidentification as a beetle rather than a bug. These insects feed on plant juices from a variety of different species, including some commercial crops. Closely related to stink bugs, they may also produce an offensive odour when disturbed. There are around 450 species worldwide.
Calliphara nobilis is a species of jewel bug found in Asia. Like all species of jewel bugs, it is phytophagous, feeding on the leaves, fruit and seeds of its host plants. This insect is notable for its multiple defense mechanisms: it is highly mobile and swarms disperse with a loud buzz when disturbed; it is aposematically colored, which serves as a warning to any would-be predators that it is unpalatable; and it possesses a robust chemical defense mechanism: it can secrete an irritating and toxic fluid from a pair of metathoracic scent glands when threatened.
Calliphara regalis is a species of insect in the family Scutelleridae (Hemiptera).
Lampromicra is a genus of true bugs in the family Scutelleridae. They are commonly referred to as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs.
Camirus is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least four described species in Camirus.
Orsilochides is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least three described species in Orsilochides.
Acantholomidea is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least two described species in Acantholomidea.
Diolcus is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least three described species in Diolcus.
Phimodera is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are about 11 described species in Phimodera.
Tetyra is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are about seven described species in Tetyra.
Sphyrocoris is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least two described species in Sphyrocoris.
Symphylus is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least four described species in Symphylus.
Augocoris is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least two described species in Augocoris.
Euptychodera is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There is one described species in Euptychodera, E. corrugata.
Fokkeria is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There is one described species in Fokkeria, F. producta.
Vanduzeeina is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are about five described species in Vanduzeeina.
Pachycoris is a genus of true bugs in the family Scutelleridae, subfamily Pachycorinae. The adults often have large bright spots. It was described by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843.
Calliphara excellens is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is distributed in Nepal and India. Males engage in ritualistic Courtship display, walking around the female, touching his abdomen to the plant before touching the female's antennae. After mating, the female oviposits into the seed of a host plant, such as Macaranga tanarius.
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