Shield beetle

Meaning

●

In Pentatomoid bugs:

Any of the American

, in the

Pentatomoidea.

●

In British English & Chrysomeloid beetles:

Any of several shield-shaped

that

a specific

; especially members of the

Cassida.

●

Cossyphidae

; now in the family Tenebrionidae of

beetles.

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