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Genus Perillus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Stink Bug - Perillus circumcinctus Bug - Perillus strigipes Perillus Stink Bug - Perillus bioculatus Two-spotted Stink Bug Nymph - Perillus bioculatus Two-spotted Stink Bug - Perillus bioculatus Stink Bug (Perillus exaptus)? - Perillus exaptus Unidentified bug in coyote brush (maybe Perillus?) - Perillus splendidus Perillus bioculatus or splendidus? - Perillus bioculatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Mineus
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Remarks
P. bioculatus is used to control Colorado Potato Beetle
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 9:17am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 18 February, 2011 - 10:16am

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