Acanthosomatidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Acanthosomatidae
Subfamiliae (3): Acanthosomatinae - Blaudusinae – Ditomotarsinae
Overview of genera (57)

Abulites – Acanthosoma – Acrophyma – Aesepus – Agamedes – Ameenocoris – Amphaces – Anaxandra – Andriscus – Anischys – Archaeoditomotarsus – Bebaeus – Blaudus – Catadipson – Cochabambia – Cylindrocnema – Cyphostethus – Ditomotarsus – Duadicus – Ea – Elasmostethus – Elasmucha – Esbenia – Eupolemus – Galgacus – Grossaria – Hellica – Hiarchas – Hyperbius – Ibocoris – Laccophorella – Lanopis – Lindbergicoris – Mahea – Mazanoma – Microdeuterus – Mochus – Monteithiessa – Neocensorinus – Nopalis – Noualhieridia – Oncacontias – Panaetius – Phorbanta – Planois – Praesus – Proctophantasta – Pseudosinopla – Rhopalimorpha – Rolstonus – Sangarius – Sinopla – Sniploa – Stauralia – Tolono – Uhlunga – Xosa
Name

Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1863
References

Kumar, R. 1974. A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea): keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series (34). DOI: 10.1071/AJZS034 Reference page.

Links

Classification of Pentatomoidea. North Dakota State University[1].

Vernacular names
suomi: Lehväluteet
日本語: ツノカメムシ科
Nederlands: Schildwantsen'

Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs," for which Kumar in his 1979 world revision recognized 47 genera; now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea.[1][2]
Oncacontias vittatus
Genera

Examples of genera and species:

Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Linnaeus, 1758) — Hawthorn shield bug
Acanthosoma labiduroides Jakovlev, 1880 — Green shield bug
Cyphostethus Fieber, 1860
Cyphostethus tristriatus — Juniper shield bug
Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860
Elasmostethus interstinctus — Birch shield bug
Elasmostethus minor
Elasmucha Stål, 1864
Elasmucha cordillera Thomas, 1991
Elasmucha ferrugata (Fabricius, 1787)
Elasmucha fieberi (Jakovlev, 1864)
Elasmucha flammatum (Distant, 1893)
Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Parent bug
Elasmucha lateralis (Say, 1831)
Eupolemus
Oncacontias Breddin, 1903

References

Faúndez, E. I. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Acrophyma Bergroth, 1917 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Zootaxa. 2137: 57-65
Faúndez, E.I. 2014: A new genus for a Chilean species of Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa, 3768(5): 596-600