Mecidea

Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about eight described species in Mecidea.[1][2][3]

Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea
Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea

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

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.

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.
  • Media related to Mecidea at Wikimedia Commons


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