Scutellera
Genus of true bugs
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Scutellera is the type genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Scutellerinae and tribe Scutellerini. Species are recorded from South and SE Asia.[2]
| Scutellera | |
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| Scutellera perplexa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Scutelleridae |
| Tribe: | Scutellerini |
| Genus: | Scutellera Lamarck, 1801[1] |
Species
The following names have been included,[3] but the genus was revised in 2022:[4]
- Scutellera nepalensis (Westwood, 1837) - 2 subspecies:
- S. nepalensis nepalensis
- S. nepalensis amethystina (Germar, 1839)
- Scutellera perplexa (Westwood, 1837) – type species (synonym Tectocoris perplexa (Westwood, 1837)[5])
- Scutellera spilogastra (Walker, 1867)
- Now revised
- Scutellera fasciata (Panzer, 1797)
- previously as synonyms of "S. perplexa":
- Scutellera brevirostris (Breddin, 1909)
- Cimex nobilis (Fabricius, 1775) nec Linnaeus, 1763, Scutellera nobilis (Fabricius, 1775) are now Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Scutellera holosericea Dohrn, 1863 is Procilia holosericea (Dohrn, 1863)
- Scutellera punctatissima Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
- Scutellera splendida Montrouzier, 1855
