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Podisus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Asopinae
Genus:	Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851

Podisus is a genus of predatory stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are at least 20 described species in Podisus.

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Podisus:

• Podisus aenescens (Stål, 1860)
• Podisus australis Berg, 1879
• Podisus borinquensis Barber
• Podisus brevispinus Phillips, 1982
• Podisus distinctus (Stål, 1860)
• Podisus fretus Olsen, 1916
• Podisus fuscescens (Dallas, 1851)
• Podisus gillettei Uhler
• Podisus jole (Stål, 1862)
• Podisus maculiventris (Say, 1832) (spined soldier bug)
• Podisus modestus (Dallas, 1851)
• Podisus mucronatus Uhler, 1897
• Podisus neglectus
• Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas, 1851)
• Podisus placidus Uhler, 1870
• Podisus sagitta (Fabricius, 1794)
• Podisus serieventris Uhler, 1871
• Podisus sigitta (Fabricius, 1794)
• Podisus subferrugineus Barber & Bruner
• Podisus vittipennis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851

Further reading

• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
• McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.

External links

• Media related to Podisus at Wikimedia Commons