Murgantia (bug)

Murgantia
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Murgantia histrionica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Tribe:	Strachiini
Genus:	Murgantia Stål, 1862

Murgantia is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are at least 12 described species in Murgantia.

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Murgantia histrionica

Species

These six species belong to the genus Murgantia:

• Murgantia angularis (Walker, 1867) ^{i c g}
• Murgantia bifasciata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836 ^g
• Murgantia histrionica (Hahn, 1834) ^{i c g b} (harlequin bug)
• Murgantia tessellata (Amyot and Serville, 1843) ^{i c g}
• Murgantia varicolor (Westwood, 1837) ^{i c g}
• Murgantia violascens (Westwood, 1837) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Gaimari, S.; O'Donnell, M. (2011). California Plant Pest & Disease Report (PDF) (Report). Vol. 25. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch.
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
• McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Murgantia at Wikimedia Commons