Catacanthus ("having downward-pointing thorns") is a genus of insects within the family Pentatomidae. The insects belonging to this genus are found in Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Japan and South Korea.
The back of the man-faced stink bug (Catacanthus incarnatus) has been noted by entomologists to resemble Elvis Presley.
Species
Species include:BioLib: Catacanthus Spinola, 1837
Species Other names Binomial authority Year Catacanthus carrenoi Cermatulus pulcher, Pentatoma tricolor, Rhaphigaster carrenoi Le Guillou 1841 Catacanthus eximius Edward Payson Van Duzee 1937 Catacanthus fuchsinus H. Ruckes 1963 Catacanthus grossi I. Ahmad & S. Kamaluddin 1981 Catacanthus horni Gustav Breddin 1909 Catacanthus immaculatus Lucien Francois Lethierry & Guillaume Severin 1893 Catacanthus incarnatus Man-faced stink bug, Cimex aurantius, Cimex incarnatus, Cimex melanopus, Cimex nigripes Dru Drury 1773 Catacanthus mirabilis William Lucas Distant 1901 Catacanthus mohleri Ahmad, Siddiqui & Kamaluddin 1998 Catacanthus punctus Catacanthus punctum, Cimex punctum Johan Christian Fabricius 1787 Catacanthus reuteri Henri Schouteden 1905 Catacanthus sumptuosus Carl August Dohrn 1863 Catacanthus taiti William Lucas Distant 1913 Catacanthus violarius Carl Stål 1876 Catacanthus viridicatus William Lucas Distant 1881
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