Piesma
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| Piesma | |
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| Piesma maculatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Piesmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Piesmatinae |
| Genus: | Piesma Lepeletier & Serville, 1825[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acanthia capitata Wolff, 1804 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Piesma is a genus of ash-grey leaf bugs, insects of the family Piesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.[2]
Piesma bugs are less than 4mm long and can be distinguished from the similar genus Parapiesma by the shape of the pronotum: the side margins have a clearly recognizable notch, which the other lacks.[3] These insects are usually macropterous (having fully developed wings), but are sometimes brachypterous.[4]
