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Plataspidae

insect family
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  • Squash bug
    heteropteran
    / Annotated classification

    Family Plataspidae Oval to transversely oval; head small, inserted deeply into prothorax; scutellum large, broadly U-shaped, reaching apex of abdomen; forewings much longer than body; wing membrane transversely folded at base and inserted under scutellum; tibiae not spined; phytophagous; about 500 species; found only in the…

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    Family Plataspidae Oval to transversely oval; head small, inserted deeply into prothorax; scutellum large, broadly U-shaped, reaching apex of abdomen; forewings much longer than body; wing membrane transversely folded at base and inserted under scutellum; tibiae not spined; phytophagous; about 500 species; found only in the…

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