Megacopta Explained

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

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)^[1]
• 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.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. 2006. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-9071912283.
• Occurrence of the Old World bug Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Georgia. 2010. Eger . J. E.. Ames . L. M.. Suiter . D. R.. Jenkins . T. M.. Rider . D. A.. Halbert . S. E.. 4. Insecta Mundi. 0121. 1–11. 0749-6737.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Megacopta punctatissima.
2. Douglas . Angela E. . Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms . . . 60 . 1 . 2015-01-07 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020822 . 17–34. 25341109 . 4465791 .