Acanthosoma Explained
Acanthosoma is a genus of shield bugs in the family Acanthosomatidae, found in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. There are over 30 described species in the genus Acanthosoma.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Acanthosoma:[1] [2]
- Acanthosoma alaticorne
- Acanthosoma asahinai
- Acanthosoma atayal
- Acanthosoma axicia
- Acanthosoma chinanum
- Acanthosoma cornutum
- Acanthosoma crassicaudum
- Acanthosoma debile
- Acanthosoma denticaudum
- Acanthosoma emeiense
- Acanthosoma expansum
- Acanthosoma fallax
- Acanthosoma firmatum
- Acanthosoma forcipatum
- Acanthosoma forfex
- Acanthosoma forficula
- Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale - Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Acanthosoma hampsoni
- Acanthosoma ishiharai
- Acanthosoma joursacensis
- Acanthosoma labiduroides
- Acanthosoma laevicorne
- Acanthosoma livida
- Acanthosoma maculata
- Acanthosoma montanum
- Acanthosoma morloti
- Acanthosoma murreeanum
- Acanthosoma nigricorne
- Acanthosoma nigrodorsum
- Acanthosoma pteridis
- Acanthosoma pugnax
- Acanthosoma rufescens
- Acanthosoma rufispinum
- Acanthosoma shensiense
- Acanthosoma sichuanense
- Acanthosoma sinense
- Acanthosoma sp.
- Acanthosoma sp.
- Acanthosoma spinicolle
- Acanthosoma tauriforme
- Acanthosoma taurina
- BOLD:AAJ3749 (Acanthosoma sp.)
Further reading
- Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. 2006. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-9071912283.
- Book: The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. 1982. McPherson . J. E.. Southern Illinois University Press. 978-0809310401.
Notes and References
- Web site: Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824 . 2024-05-07 . www.gbif.org . en.
- Web site: Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera: Acanthosoma pugnax Tsai & Rédei, 2015 . 2024-05-07 . catpalhet.linnaeus.naturalis.nl.
