Symphylus

Symphylus
Symphylus deplanatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Subfamily:	Pachycorinae
Genus:	Symphylus Dallas, 1851

Symphylus is a genus of shield-backed bugs in the family Scutelleridae. There are at least four described species in Symphylus.^[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Symphylus:

• Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy, 1909
• Symphylus cyphonoides (Walker, 1867)
• Symphylus deplanatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1837)
• Symphylus obtusus Dallas, 1851

References

1. "Symphylus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Symphylus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Symphylus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Eger, J. E. Jr.; Lattin, J. D. (1995). "Generic placement and synonymy of some New World Scutelleridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in the British Museum (Natural History)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 103 (4): 412–420. JSTOR 25010192.
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
• McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.

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