Megacopta is a genus of true bugs in the family Plataspidae.
Species
- Megacopta bicolor Hsiao & Jen 1977
- Megacopta bituminata (Montandon 1897)
- Megacopta breviceps (Horváth 1879)
- Megacopta caliginosa (Montandon, 1893)
- Megacopta callosa (Yang, 1934)
- Megacopta centronubila (Yang, 1934)
- Megacopta centrosignata (Yang, 1934)
- Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius, 1798) (kudzu bug)
- Megacopta cribriella Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta cycloceps Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta dinghushana Chen, 1989
- Megacopta distanti (Montandon, 1893)
- Megacopta fimbriata (Distant, 1887)
- Megacopta fimbrilla Li, 1981
- Megacopta horvathi (Montandon, 1894)
- Megacopta hui (Yang, 1934)
- Megacopta laeviventris Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta liniola Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta lobata (Walker, 1867)
- Megacopta longruiana Ren, 2000
- Megacopta punctatissima (Montandon, 1894)(Japanese common plataspid stinkbug)[1]
- Megacopta rotunda Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta subsolitaris (Yang, 1934)
- Megacopta tubercula Hsiao & Jen, 1977
- Megacopta verrucosa (Montandon, 1897)
- Megacopta w-nigrum (Varshney, 1965)
Symbionts
Bacterial symbionts are necessary for Megacopta bugs to digest soybean plant material.[2]
References
- ^ "Megacopta punctatissima".
- ^ Douglas, Angela E. (2015-01-07). "Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms". Annual Review of Entomology. 60 (1). Annual Reviews: 17–34. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020822. ISSN 0066-4170. PMC 4465791. PMID 25341109.
Further reading
- 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.
- Eger, J. E.; Ames, L. M.; Suiter, D. R.; Jenkins, T. M.; et al. (2010). "Occurrence of the Old World bug Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Georgia". Insecta Mundi (0121): 1–11. ISSN 0749-6737.
External links
Media related to Megacopta at Wikimedia Commons
