Sahlbergella
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Sahlbergella[1] is a genus of African bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Dicyphini (subtribe Odoniellina).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Subfamily: | Bryocorinae |
Tribe: | Dicyphini |
Subtribe: | Odoniellina |
Genus: | Sahlbergella Haglund, 1895 |
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Species are mostly distributed in Africa, where S. singularis is a major insect pest of cacao: causing damage similar to Distantiella in tropical Africa and Helopeltis spp. in SE Asia.[2]