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Rhopalimorpha
Sign in to saveRhopalimorpha is a genus of insects in the shield bug family Acanthosomatidae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand. There are four species in the genus, of which three are found in New Zealand.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Acanthosomatidae
- Collections
- USNM, TAMU, MZLU
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
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- taxon
- Image
- Rhopalimorpha lineolaris AMNZ21733.jpg
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- taxon name
- Rhopalimorpha
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Rhopalimorpha obscura
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Subgenus ''Lentimorpha''
- Subgenus ''Rhopalimorpha''
- Ecology
- References
Rhopalimorpha is a genus of insects in the shield bug family Acanthosomatidae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand. There are four species in the genus, of which three are found in New Zealand.
==Taxonomy== The genus was originally described by W. S. Dallas in 1851. It was redescribed by J. G. Pendergrast in 1952. It contains the following species:
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