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Candace (bug)

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Genus of true bugs

Candace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tessaratomidae
Subfamily: Tessaratominae
Tribe: Tessaratomini
Genus: Candace
Stål, 1870
External images
image icon Candace platygastra
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Candace is a genus of African shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Carl Stål in 1870.

Candace is notable because species have only been found in Sub-Saharan Africa, whereas most other genera in the Tessaratomini are recorded from the Indomalayan realm.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

  1. Candace intermedia (Schouteden, 1905)
  2. Candace platygastra (Westwood, 1837) – type species
  3. Candace virescens (Distant, 1903)

Note: Candace Dana, 1846 is a synonym for the genus of copepods: Candacia.

References

  1. Stål, C (1870) Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en företeckning öfver alla hittils kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska middelanden. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Ny Följd. 9(1), 1-232.
  2. ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Candace Stål, 1870 (retrieved 8 December 2024)

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Taxon identifiers
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