Megacopta is a genus of true bugs in the family Plataspidae.

Megacopta cribraria

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)
  • 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.

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). . Insecta Mundi (0121): 1–11. ISSN .

External links

  • Media related to Megacopta at Wikimedia Commons