Tetragonotum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Discocephalinae
Tribes: Discocephalini
Genus: Tetragonotum
Species (1): T. megacephalum

Name

Tetragonotum Ruckes, 1965: 117

• Type species: Tetragonotum megacephalum Ruckes, 1965
  • Fixation: By original designation

References

Primary references

• Ruckes, H. 1965. Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 73(3): 114-134. BHL Reference page.  [p. 117]

Additional references

• Barão, K.R., Brito, L.C., Carrenho, R., Schwertner, C.F., Giozza, B.R., Grazia, J. & Campos, L.A. 2026. Closing a Half-Century Gap: The Discovery of the Male and Notes on Nymphal Morphology of Tetragonotum megacephalum Ruckes (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae: Discocephalini). Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society 3(2): 219–227. DOI: 10.11646/jihs.3.2.8 Reference page. 
• Brito, L.C., Grazia, J. & Barão, K.R. 2019. Stink bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Catimbau National Park, a protected area in Brazil’s largest dry forest. Zootaxa 4612(4): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.9 Reference page.  [p. 574 ; not seen]
• Miranda, A.M., López, G.E.L., Carrenho, R. & Schwertner, C.F. 2025. Checklist of the Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from the Caatinga region, with the description of Aridocoris guidonae gen. and sp. nov. Zootaxa 5711(3): 301–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.1 Reference page.  [p. 309 ; not seen]

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Tetragonotum Ruckes, 1965 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Tetragonotum – Taxon details on Catalogue of Life (CoL).
• Tetragonotum – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Tetragonotum – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
• Tetragonotum – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).

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