Antestia Explained

Antestia is a genus of African and Asian bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae, erected by Carl Stål, 1865.[1]

The term is also a common name for other genera of African shield bugs in the tribe Antestiini, including coffee pests in this genus, with species also having been reassigned to Antestiopsis.

Species

BioLib[2] lists:

  1. Antestia amberensis Cachan, 1952
  2. Antestia arlechino (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  3. Antestia atrosignata Distant, 1906
  4. Antestia basilewskyi (Schouteden, 1957)
  5. Antestia bequaerti Schouteden, 1913
  6. Antestia cameronica Hasan, 1991
  7. Antestia chambereti (Le Guillou, 1841)
  8. Antestia colorata (Schouteden, 1910)
  9. Antestia cruciata (Fabricius, 1775)
  10. Antestia dollingi Rider & Rolston, 1995
  11. Antestia ellenriederi Breddin, 1900
  12. Antestia falsa Schouteden, 1912
  13. Antestia gibba Breddin, 1904
  14. Antestia guttifera Gerstaecker, 1892
  15. Antestia ignobilis (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  16. Antestia instabilis (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  17. Antestia javana Kirkaldy, 1909
  18. Antestia korinchiensis Hasan, 1991
  19. Antestia laevigata Breddin, 1901
  20. Antestia lata Bergroth, 1891
  21. Antestia lestoni (Villiers, 1959)
  22. Antestia macgavini Hasan & Abro, 1992
  23. Antestia maculata (Dallas, 1851)
  24. Antestia major Ahmad & Rana, 1989
  25. Antestia nura (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  26. Antestia partita (Walker, 1867)
  27. Antestia pauperata Breddin, 1901
  28. Antestia perroudi (Montrouzier, 1858)
  29. Antestia philippina Breddin, 1904
  30. Antestia picta (Schouteden, 1929)
  31. Antestia plautioides Breddin, 1909
  32. Antestia polyspila (Walker, 1867)
  33. Antestia quadrimaculata Walker, 1867
  34. Antestia rikatlensis (Schouteden, 1910)
  35. Antestia rorulenta Bergroth, 1891
  36. Antestia rufovittata Distant, 1910
  37. Antestia scurra (Vollenhoven, 1868)
  38. Antestia securigera (Walker, 1867)
  39. Antestia subconcolor Breddin, 1913
  40. Antestia trispinosa Linnavuori, 1973
  41. Antestia unicolor Hasan, 1991
  42. Antestia usambarica Schouteden, 1912
  43. Antestia variabilis (Cachan, 1952)
  44. Antestia variegata (Thunberg, 1783)
  45. Antestia versicolor (Distant, 1881)
  46. Antestia viridis (Signoret, 1858)

Notes and References

  1. Stål C (1865) Hem. Afric., 1.
  2. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id899614/ BioLib.cz: Antestia Stål, 1865 (retrieved 5 April 2023)