Nematopodini
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Piezogaster
leaf-footed bugs
Piezogaster is a genus of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae, containing at least 30 described species distributed across the New World. Recent taxonomic revision has clarified species boundaries, resurrected P. alternatus from synonymy, and described two new species. Members of this genus are found from the southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Piezogaster auriculatus
Piezogaster auriculatus is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae, tribe Nematopodini. The species was described by Stål in 1862. A taxonomic revision synonymized Piezogaster scitus with P. auriculatus due to inability to find consistent diagnostic characters separating the two. Distributional data have been updated to exclude previously reported occurrences in New Mexico and Texas; the species is present in Mexico and Central and South America.
Piezogaster spurcus
leaf-footed bug
Piezogaster spurcus is a leaf-footed bug species in the family Coreidae, first described by Stål in 1862. It belongs to the tribe Nematopodini within the subfamily Coreinae. The species is recorded from Central America and North America, with specific distribution records from Mexico and Arizona. As a member of Coreidae, it possesses the characteristic leaf-like expansions on the hind legs typical of this group of true bugs.