Paula's Giant Shield Bug

Piezosternum subulatum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Tessaratomidae

Tessaratomidae is a family of true bugs. It contains about 240 species of large bugs divided into 3 subfamilies and 56 genera. Tessaratomids resemble large stink bugs (family Pentatomidae) and are sometimes quite colorful.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Paula's Giant Shield Bug

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