Candace (bug)
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| Candace | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Tessaratomidae |
| Subfamily: | Tessaratominae |
| Tribe: | Tessaratomini |
| Genus: | Candace Stål, 1870 |
| External images | |
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 Candace platygastra | |
| Images at iNaturalist |
Candace is a genus of African shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Carl Stål in 1870.[1]
Candace is notable because species have only been found in Sub-Saharan Africa,[2] whereas most other genera in the Tessaratomini are recorded from the Indomalayan realm.
