Mecidea

Mecidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Pentatominae
Tribe:	Mecideini
Genus:	Mecidea Dallas, 1851

Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are eight described species in Mecidea. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Species within this genus feed on grasses like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating Asteraceae. They are the only genus within the Mecideini taxonomic tribe to live in the New world. ^[4]

Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea

Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Mecidea:

• Mecidea indica Dallas, 1851
• Mecidea lindbergi Wagner, 1954
• Mecidea lutzi Sailer
• Mecidea major Sailer, 1952
• Mecidea minor Ruckes, 1946
• Mecidea pallida Stal, 1845
• Mecidea pallidissima Jensen-Haarup, 1922
• Mecidea pampeana Sailer

References

1. "Mecidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Mecidea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Mecidea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Genus Mecidea - Narrow Stink Bug". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

Further reading

• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-9071912283.
• McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN   978-0809310401.

External links

• Media related to Mecidea at Wikimedia Commons