Mecideini

Mecidea major (Texas, USA)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

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

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Pentatominae
Tribus: Mecideini
Genera (1): Mecidea

Name

Mecideini Distant, 1902:140 [As Mecidaria]

• Type genus: Mecidea Dallas, 1851

References

Primary references

• Distant, W.L. 1902. Rhynchota, vol. I. (Heteroptera) in Blandford, W.T. (ed.) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. 439 pp. BHL Reference page.  [p. 140]

Additional references

• Bundy, C.S. & McPherson, J.E. 2018. Life history of Mecidea major with descriptions of nymphal instars (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae). Pp 335–346 In: Wheeler, A.G. Jr. (Ed.) 2018. A Festschrift Recognizing Thomas J. Henry for a Lifetime of Contributions to Heteropteran Systematics. Zookeys 796: 1–408. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.796.21325 Reference page. 
• Rider, D.A. 2006. Family Pentatomidae. p. 233–403, In: Aukema, A. & Rieger, C. (eds). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page.  [p. 315]
• Rider, D.A., Schwertner, C.F., Davidová-Vilímová, J., Rédei, D., Kment, P. & Thomas, D.B. 2018. Higher systematics of the Pentatomoidea. p. 25–204, In: McPherson, J.E. (ed). Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea): Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis group. Boca Raton, FL. Reference page.  [p. 87]
• Sailer, R.I. 1952: A review of the stink bugs of the genus Mecidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102(3309): 471-505. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Mecideini Distant, 1902 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Mecideini – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
• Classification of Pentatomoidea North Dakota State University.

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