Pellaea is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae.

Pellaea
Pellaea stictica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Tribe: Pentatomini
Genus: Pellaea
Stål, 1872

There are at least two described species in this genus: Pellaea stictica and Pellaea santarosenesis.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pellaea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Pellaea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ Rolston, L. H. (1984). "Pellaea santarosensis (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a New Species from Costa Rica". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 92 (4): 344–348. ISSN 0028-7199. JSTOR 25009440.

Further reading

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  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.