Megacopta

Megacopta is a genus of true bugs in the family Plataspidae.

Megacopta cribraria

Megacopta
Megacopta cribraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Plataspidae
Genus: Megacopta
Hsiao & Jen, 1977

Species

  • Megacopta bicolor Hsiao & Jen 1977
  • Megacopta bituminata (Montandon 1897)
  • Megacopta breviceps (Horváth 1879)
  • Megacopta caliginosa (Montandon, 1893)
  • Megacopta callosa (Yang, 1934)
  • Megacopta centronubila (Yang, 1934)
  • Megacopta centrosignata (Yang, 1934)
  • Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius, 1798) (kudzu bug)
  • Megacopta cribriella Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta cycloceps Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta dinghushana Chen, 1989
  • Megacopta distanti (Montandon, 1893)
  • Megacopta fimbriata (Distant, 1887)
  • Megacopta fimbrilla Li, 1981
  • Megacopta horvathi (Montandon, 1894)
  • Megacopta hui (Yang, 1934)
  • Megacopta laeviventris Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta liniola Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta lobata (Walker, 1867)
  • Megacopta longruiana Ren, 2000
  • Megacopta punctatissima (Montandon, 1894)(Japanese common plataspid stinkbug)[1]
  • Megacopta rotunda Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta subsolitaris (Yang, 1934)
  • Megacopta tubercula Hsiao & Jen, 1977
  • Megacopta verrucosa (Montandon, 1897)
  • Megacopta w-nigrum (Varshney, 1965)

Symbionts

Bacterial symbionts are necessary for Megacopta bugs to digest soybean plant material.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Media related to Megacopta at Wikimedia Commons


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