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Holcogaster

Holcogaster is a genus of mostly Palearctic shield-bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1861. Some authorities place this genus in the tribe Carpocorini while others suggest a monotypic tribe Aulacetrini. The type species H. fibulata, has been recorded from mainland Europe.

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Holcogaster
Holcogaster fibulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Genus: Holcogaster
Fieber, 1861
Synonyms

Aulacetrus Mulsant & Rey, 1866

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Holcogaster is a genus of mostly Palearctic shield-bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1861.1 Some authorities place this genus in the tribe Carpocorini while others suggest a monotypic tribe Aulacetrini (based on the synonym Aulacetrus).2 The type species H. fibulata, has been recorded from mainland Europe (not the British Isles or Scandinavia).3

Species

BioLib2 includes:

  • Holcogaster exilis Horváth, 1903
  • Holcogaster fibulata (Germar, 1831)
  • Holcogaster longicornis Wagner, 1955
  • Holcogaster weberi Wagner, 1964
References

References

  1. Fieber FX (1861) Europ. Hem.
  2. BioLib.cz: genus Holcogaster Fieber 1860 (retrieved 11 April 2023)
  3. GBIF: Holcogaster fibulata (Germar, 1831)
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