Acanthosomatidae

Taxobox
name = Acanthosomatidae

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image_caption = Acanthosomatidae - relative sizes
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Heteroptera
superfamilia = Pentatomoidea
familia = Acanthosomatidae
familia_authority = Signoret, 1863
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Acanthosomatinae
Blaudusinae
Ditomotarsinae

The Acanthosomatidae is a small family in the order Hemiptera commonly known as shield bugs. They are distinguished from related families in that they have only two tarsal segments. There are over 30 genera in three subfamilies, distributed worldwide.

Genera

*"Acanthosoma" Curtis, 1824
*"Cyphostethus" Fieber, 1860
*"Elasmosthethus" Fieber, 1860
*"Elasmucha" Stål, 1864
*"Eupolemus"
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