Anhanga is a genus of Brazilian shield bugs, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1887.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Subfamily: | Pentatominae |
| Tribe: | Carpocorini |
| Genus: | Anhanga Distant, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Anhanga modesta Distant, 1887
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Taxonomy edit
Originally described from the subfamily Discocephalinae (Discocephalini), Anhanga was reassigned by a 2016 study to the Pentatominae subfamily. Anhanga is rare in museums with four specimens in total, and had not been evaluated since its description by Distant in 1887.[2]
Anhanga's general and genital morphology aligns best with Galedanta, another Neotropical pentatomine shield bug. Mutually aligned features include a medium-sized to large body covered in punctures, mandibular plates rounded at apex which are convergent and longer than clypeus, and scutellum bearing foveae. Females bear finger-like processes, with males possessing a projected 'V-shaped' ventral rim of the pygophore. However, Anhanga can be distinguished by the rounded lateral angles of the anterolateral margin of pronotum crenulate along the anterior half of specimens.[2]
Ecology edit
Anhanga is endemic to the moist ranges of Atlantic forest in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,[2] and the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Anhanga Distant 1887". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ a b c Bianchi, Filipe M.; Barcellos, Aline; Grazia, Jocelia (2016-11-15). "Rediscovering Anhanga: redescription and considerations on its taxonomic placement (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 56 (2): 557–566. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3579152. ISSN 0374-1036.
- ^ "Occurrence Detail 3759075185". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
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