Tessaratoma Explained

Tessaratoma is a genus of bugs in the family Tessaratomidae. There are more than 20 described species in Tessaratoma.

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Tessaratoma:

• Tessaratoma absimilis Distant, 1893
• Tessaratoma aethiops Distant, 1877
• Tessaratoma afzelii Stål, 1854
• Tessaratoma conspersa Stål, 1863
• Tessaratoma furcifera Walker, 1868
• Tessaratoma hornimani Distant, 1877
• Tessaratoma indica Breddin, 1909
• Tessaratoma indicta Distant, 1890
• Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg, 1783)
• Tessaratoma kina Distant, 1909
• Tessaratoma kinta Distant, 1909
• Tessaratoma longicornis Dohrn, 1863
• Tessaratoma malaya Stål, 1870
• Tessaratoma miscella Montandon, 1894
• Tessaratoma nemorivaga Distant, 1890
• Tessaratoma nigripes Dallas, 1851
• Tessaratoma nigroscutellata Distant, 1921
• Tessaratoma oblonga Blöte, 1945
• Tessaratoma papillosa (Drury, 1770)
• Tessaratoma planicarinata Breddin, 1912
• Tessaratoma quadrata Distant, 1902
• Tessaratoma rubida Breddin, 1901
• Tessaratoma spinipes Bergroth, 1906
• Tessaratoma stictica Vollenhoven, 1868
• Tessaratoma striata Walker, 1868
• Tessaratoma timorensis Vollenhoven, 1868

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.