Myrocharia

Aednus sp., from here.

Belongs within: Pentatominae.

The Myrocharia are an Old World group of shield bugs with the head flattish, the lateral margins of the head and sometimes also of the pronotum expanded, and the thoracic sterna usually sulcate (Gross 1975).

<==Myrocharia [Dorpiaria, Myrocheinae]G75
|--MyrocheaG75
|--LapriusG75
|--ParamecocorisG75
|--EnniusG75
|--ErachteusG75
|--AednusG75
|--DorpiusG75
|--HippotaG75
|--PraetestatusG75
`--ValescusG75

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

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