Elasmopoda

Elasmopoda is a genus in the "true bug" family Coreidae, order Hemiptera. The genus is native to parts of eastern and southern Africa.^[1] The species are large "twig wilter" bugs, generally brown or greyish. The femora of the hind legs are somewhat enlarged and bent, but less than those of some related genera, and either unarmed, or less armed with spikes.

Elasmopoda
Elasmopoda alata in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Coreidae
Tribe:	Mictini
Genus:	Elasmopoda Stål, 1873
Synonyms
Evagrius Distant, 1900 Holopterna Stål, 1873 Hoplopterna Stål, 1873 Hoploterna Distant, 1892[1]

The genus Elasmopoda has junior synonyms, some of them apparently the products of clerical errors, in particular:^[2]

• synonym Evagrius Distant, 1900
• synonym Holopterna Stål, 1873
• synonym Hoplopterna Stål, 1873
• synonym Hoploterna Distant, 1892

Species include:^[1]

• Elasmopoda alata (Westwood, 1842)
• Elasmopoda antennata (Courteaux, 1907)
• Elasmopoda atramentaria (Germar, 1837)
• Elasmopoda dallasi (Stål, 1873)
• Elasmopoda elata Blöte, 1938
• Elasmopoda falx (Drury, 1782)
• Elasmopoda gladius (Distant, 1900)
• Elasmopoda lunata (Signoret, 1858)
• Elasmopoda parmenio Linnavuori, 1973
• Elasmopoda ugandica (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Elasmopoda valga (Linnaeus, 1758)

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