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Sangarius (bug)

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Sangarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Acanthosomatidae
Subfamily: Ditomotarsinae
Genus: Sangarius
Stål, 1865
Species

Sangarius paradoxus Stål, 1866

Sangarius is an Australian genus of shield bug in the family Acanthosomatidae.[1] The type species is Sangarius paradoxus Stål, 1866.[2] It feeds on Hakea shrubs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kumar, R. (1974). "A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): Keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types". Australian Journal of Zoology. (Supplementary Series number 22). 22 (34): 1–60. doi:10.1071/AJZS034.
  2. ^ Cassis, G. & Gross, Gordon F. (2002). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 27.3B: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Collingwood, Victoria: Csiro Publishing. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-643-06875-9.
  3. ^ Neser, S. (1977). "Sangarius paradoxus Stal Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: a paradoxical bug on Hakea species in Australia". Proceedings of the Entomological Congress Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 2: 51–52.