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Rhaphigaster
Sign in to saveRhaphigaster is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. Its most well-known member is the mottled shieldbug, Rhaphigaster nebulosa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Collections
- MNHN, NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- France, Tunisie, AlgéRie, Maroc, Turquie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pentatomini
- Image
- Rhaphigaster.nebulosa.6903.jpg
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- Species
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Rhaphigaster is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. Its most well-known member is the mottled shieldbug, Rhaphigaster nebulosa.
== Description == Rhaphigaster are relatively large stink bugs. On the underside of the body is a spinelike process extending forward from the third abdominal sternite.
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