Menestheus

Menestheus cuneatus (Australia)

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: Aeptini
Genus: Menestheus
Species (2): M. cuneatus – M. mcphersoni

Name

Menestheus Stål, 1868:504

• Type species: Menestheus cuneatus Distant, 1899:431 [Designated by Faúndez & Rider, 2018]

References

Primary references

• Stål, C. 1868. Bidrag till Hemipterernas systematik. Conspectus generum Pentatomidum Asiae et Australiae. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 24(7): 501–522. BHL Reference page.  [p. 504]

Additional references

• Faúndez, E.I. 2017. Conspectus of Aeptini Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Ph.D. Dissertation, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 92 pp. Online. Reference page. 
• Faúndez, E.I. & Rider, D.A. 2018. Review of the genus Menestheus Stål, 1868 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4407(2): 275–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.8 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Menestheus Stål, 1867 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Menestheus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Menestheus.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Menestheus Classification of Pentatomoidea, North Dakota State University.

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