Menecles (bug)

Menecles
Menecles insertus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Pentatominae
Tribe:	Carpocorini
Genus:	Menecles Stål, 1867

Menecles is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are at least two described species in Menecles. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Menecles:

• Menecles insertus (Say, 1832)
• Menecles portacrus Rolston, 1973

References

1. "Menecles Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Menecles". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Menecles genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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 Menecles at Wikimedia Commons