Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Acanthosomatidae (Ancanthosomatid shieldbugs)

Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Buntrock Juniper Shieldbug

Synonyms and other combinations:

Cimex tristriatus Fabricius, 1787 | Elasmostethus tristriatus Fabricius, 1787 | Cyphostethus pallidus Ahmad & Önder, 1993 |

  • Cyphostethus tristriatus 11421
    Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)  Buntrock  Juniper Shieldbug 
    Cyphostethus tristriatus
    DE, SN, Plauen/Vogtland, Nach den drei Bergen; 2019-07-21 11:37:45
    Image number: 11421, © Steffen Hintersaß

    DE, SN, Plauen/Vogtland, Nach den drei Bergen
    2019-07-21 11:37:45

Classification:
Cyphostethus tristriatus belongs to the subfamily Acanthosomatinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Plant Parasites of Europe
  2. Wachmann, Ekkehard & Melber, Albert & Deckert, Jürgen (2008). Wanzen. Band 4: Pentatomomorpha. Teil II: Pentatomoidea. Cydnidae, Thyreocoridae, Plataspidae, Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae. Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2008, ISBN 978-3-937783-36-9.
  3. Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera
  4. Ratzlaff CG & Scudder GGE (2018): First records of the juniper shield bug, Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787) (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae), in North America. – The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 94(2): 67–74.