Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are eight described species in Mecidea. Species within this genus feed on grasses like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating Asteraceae. They are the only genus within the Mecideini taxonomic tribe to live in the New world. thumb|Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea thumb|Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea
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Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are eight described species in Mecidea. Species within this genus feed on grasses like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating Asteraceae. They are the only genus within the Mecideini taxonomic tribe to live in the New world. thumb|Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea thumb|Narrow stink bugs, Mecidea
==Species== These eight species belong to the genus Mecidea: Mecidea indica Dallas, 1851 Mecidea lindbergi Wagner, 1954 Mecidea lutzi Sailer Mecidea major Sailer, 1952 Mecidea minor Ruckes, 1946 Mecidea pallida Stal, 1845 Mecidea pallidissima Jensen-Haarup, 1922 Mecidea pampeana Sailer
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