Piesma is a genus of ash-grey leaf bugs, insects of the family Piesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Description Piesma bugs are less than 4mm long and can be distinguished from the similar genus Parapiesma by the shape of the pronotum: the side margins have a clearly recognizable notch, which the other lacks.Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 3: Pentatomomorpha I: Aradoidea (Rindenwanzen), Lygaeoidea (Bodenwanzen u. a.), Pyrrhocoroidea (Feuerwanzen) und Coreoidea (Randwanzen u. a.). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 78. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2007, . These insects are usually macropterous (having fully developed wings), but are sometimes brachypterous.British Bugs: Piesma maculatum.
Species , Lygaeoidea Species File and Fossilworks accept the following species: Piesma brachialis – United States Piesma capitatum – Asia, Europe Piesma ceramica – United States Piesma costata – United States Piesma dilutus – Botswana Piesma explanata – United States Piesma linnavuorii – Africa Piesma maculatum – Europe, Africa Piesma marginepicta – Africa Piesma patruela – United States Piesma protea – United States †Piesma rotunda – United States Piesma xishaena – China
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