Mattiphus
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| Mattiphus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Tessaratomidae |
| Subfamily: | Tessaratominae |
| Tribe: | Tessaratomini |
| Genus: | Mattiphus Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
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Mattiphus is a genus of Asian shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843.[1] Species have been recorded from China, Indochina and Malesia including the Philippines.[2] This genus includes the lychee stinkbug pest M. splendidus from southern China;[3] it previously included species now placed in the similar genus Asiarcha.
