Piesma

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Piesma

Genus of true bugs

Piesma is a genus of ash-grey leaf bugs, insects of the family Piesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.[2]

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Piesma capitatum

Description

Piesma bugs are less than 4mm long and can be distinguished from the similar genus Parapiesma by the shape of the pronotum: the side margins have a clearly recognizable notch, which the other lacks.[3] These insects are usually macropterous (having fully developed wings), but are sometimes brachypterous.[4]

Species

As of 2021, Lygaeoidea Species File and Fossilworks accept the following species:[2][5]

  1. Piesma brachialis McAtee, 1919 – United States
  2. Piesma capitatum (Wolff, 1804) – Asia, Europe
  3. Piesma ceramica McAtee, 1919 – United States
  4. Piesma costata (Uhler, 1895) – United States
  5. Piesma dilutus (Stål, 1855) – Botswana
  6. Piesma explanata McAtee, 1919 – United States
  7. Piesma linnavuorii – Africa
  8. Piesma maculatum (Laporte, 1833) – Europe, Africa
  9. Piesma marginepicta – Africa
  10. Piesma patruela McAtee, 1919 – United States
  11. Piesma protea McAtee, 1919 – United States
  12. †Piesma rotunda Scudder 1890 – United States
  13. Piesma xishaena Hsiao & Jing, 1979 – China

References

  1. [1]
    Lepeletier & Serville JGA. 1825. In Olivier AG: Hemiptera Heteroptera. Encyclopédie Métodique, Agasse, Paris 1-833.
  2. [2]
    Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2020). "genus Piesma Lepelitier & Serville, 1825". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (Rindenwanzen), Lygaeoidea (Bodenwanzen u. a.), Pyrrhocoroidea (Feuerwanzen) und Coreoidea (Randwanzen u. a.). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 78. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, ISBN 978-3-937783-29-1.
  4. [4]
    British Bugs: Piesma maculatum.
  5. [5]
    "Fossilworks: Piesma rotunda". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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