Parent bug

Parent bug
Elasmucha grisea, upperside
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Acanthosomatidae
Genus: Elasmucha
Species:
E. grisea
Binomial name
Elasmucha grisea
Synonyms
  • Cimex grisea Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Elasmucha grisea, common name parent bug, is a species of shield bugs or stink bugs belonging to the family Acanthosomatidae. The term parent bugs includes also the other species of the genus Elasmucha and some species of the family Acanthosomatidae.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fauneur was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gollner-Scheiding, U (2006). "Family Acanthosomatidae". Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 5: 166–181.