Heterogaster

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Lygaeoidea

Familia: Heterogastridae
Genus: Heterogaster
Species: H. affinis – H. alashanicus – †H. antiquus – H. artemisiae – †H. breviscutatus – H. cathariae – H. behrensii – H. canariensis – H. chinensis – H. cymoides – H. distincta – †H. famosus – H. flavicosta – H. nasuta – H. parens – †H. pumilio – †H. radobojanus – †H. redivivus – †H. sundgoviensis – H. urticae – †H. troglodytes
Name
Heterogaster Schilling, 1829

Heterogaster is a genus of seed bugs in the family Heterogastridae. There are about 11 species, nine of the Old World, and two of the New World.[1]
Species

Heterogaster includes the pecies:

Heterogaster affinis
Heterogaster artemisiae
Heterogaster behrensii
Heterogaster flavicosta
Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775) - the "Nettle Ground Bug"[2]

References

Scudder, G. G. E. and A. C Eyles. (2003). Heterogaster urticae (Hemiptera: Heterogastridae), a new alien species and family to New Zealand. Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Weta 25, 8-13.
"New Zealand Biosecurity: Nettle Ground Bug". Victoria, Australia: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, PaDIL, Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014.