Scutelleridae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Hemiptera, class Insecta. The family contains 50 accepted species worldwide.
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Orsilochides guttata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
Orsilochides guttata is a North American shield-backed bug species in the family…
Eucorysses grandis (Thunberg, 1783)
Eucorysses grandis is a variable-coloured shield-backed bug found from India, Ch…
Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763)
Calliphara nobilis is a non-pest metallic jewel bug found across Southeast Asia …
Sphyrocoris obliquus (Germar, 1839)
Sphyrocoris obliquus is a shield-backed bug species found across the Americas an…
Homaemus parvulus (Germar, 1839)
Homaemus parvulus is a shield-backed bug species from the Scutelleridae family f…
Tectocoris diophthalmus (Thunberg, 1783)
Tectocoris diophthalmus, the hibiscus harlequin bug, is a variable-colored shiel…
Solenosthedium bilunatum (Lefebvre, 1827)
Solenosthedium bilunatum is a Mediterranean jewel bug with a fully abdomen-cover…
Sphaerocoris annulus
Sphaerocoris annulus is an aposematically colored bug found across tropical and …
Diolcus chrysorrhoeus (Fabricius, 1803)
Diolcus chrysorrhoeus is a shield-backed bug species of Scutelleridae found in N…
Chrysocoris stollii (Wolff, 1801)
Chrysocoris stollii is a common scutellerid bug with characteristic color patter…
Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
Cantao ocellatus is a shield bug species that practices maternal egg care, found…
Tetyra bipunctata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
Tetyra bipunctata is a shield-backed pine seed bug in Scutelleridae found in Nor…
Scutelleridae animals belong to the Hemiptera order in the Animalia kingdom. Their distinctive coloration and patterning serve as a warning to predators, and they also release a noxious odor when disturbed. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Scutelleridae is classified in the order Hemiptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. A distinctive symbiotic bacterial genus Sodalis, belonging to the phylum Gammaproteobacteria, lives in the midgut of this species.
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