Calliphara excellens

Species of true bug

Calliphara excellens

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Hemiptera

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Heteroptera

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Scutelleridae

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Calliphara

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C. excellens

Binomial name
Calliphara excellens

((Burmeister, 1834)

Synonyms

* Tetyra excellens Burmeister, 1834
* Tectocoris obscura Westwood, 1837
* Callidea nobilis Germar, 1839
* Calliphara obscura Sharp, 1890

Calliphara excellens is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is distributed in Nepal and India.[1] Males engage in ritualistic Courtship display, walking around the female, touching his abdomen to the plant before touching the female's antennae. After mating, the female oviposits into the seed of a host plant, such as Macaranga tanarius. [2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Sharma, Praveen (2011). Systematic studies of family scutelleridae (hemiptera: heteroptera) and biology of an economically important scutellerid bug, scutellera perplexa (westwood) (PDF) (Thesis). Aligarh Muslim University.
2. ^ Mukai, Hiromi; Takanashi, Takuma; Yamawo, Akira (2022). "HIERARCHICAL MULTIMODAL SIGNALS IN THE COURTSHIP DISPLAYS OF JEWEL BUGS". Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. [Wiley, Ecological Society of America]. 103 (3): 1–6. JSTOR 48673828. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

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* Wikidata: Q96374296
* GBIF: 10871182

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