Subfamily Tessaratomidae Stal 1865 (giant shield bug)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tessaratomidae
Alternative spelling: Tessaratominae
Parent taxon: Pentatomoidea according to J. Szwedo 2018
See also Carpenter et al. 1931 and Wu et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acanthosomatidae, Chinchekoala, Cydnidae, Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Megarididae, Mesopentacoridae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Plataspidae, Primipentatomidae, Probascanionidae, Protocoridae, Scutelleridae, Urostylididae
Subtaxa: Latahcoris Tessaratominae Tesseratomoides
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences