Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Pentatomidae (Shield bugs or stinkbugs )
Carpocoris (Carpocoris) mediterraneus Tamanini, 1959
Red Shieldbug
Carpocoris mediterraneus Tamanini, 1959 Red Shieldbug
Carpocoris mediterraneus
GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-06 10:52:20
Image number: 5028
GR, Korfu, Dassia
2011-09-06 10:52:20
Carpocoris mediterraneus Tamanini, 1959 Red Shieldbug
Carpocoris mediterraneus
BG, Russalka; 2010-08-17 12:15:07
Image number: 4290
BG, Russalka
2010-08-17 12:15:07
Classification:
Carpocoris mediterraneus belongs to the subfamily Pentatominae, tribe Carbocorini.
References, further reading, links:
- Roland Lupoli, François Dusoulier, Astrid Cruaud, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Jean-Claude Streito:
Morphological, biogeographical and molecular evidence of
Carpocoris mediterraneus as a valid species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa (Print: 1175-5326 Online: 1175-5334 Online: ISSN 1175-5334 Print: ISSN 1175-5326 ), 3609, 4, 392-410 pp., 31 January 2013, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.4.2
- Roland Lupoli:
Identification des larves du genre Carpocoris en France
incluant l’espèce valide Carpocoris mediterraneus Tamanini, 1958
(Hemiptera Pentatomidae), L’Entomologiste, tome 70, n° 1, 51 - 55
- Jordi Ribes, Dmitry A. Gapon & Santiago Pagola-Carte: On some species of Carpocoris Kolenati, 1846: new synonymies
(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), Mainzer naturwiss. Archiv / Beiheft 31, S. 187-198, Mainz 2007