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Genus Perillus

Classification · Numbers · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Perillus exaptus Two-spotted Stink Bug - Perillus bioculatus Perillus bioculatus Stinker - Perillus True bug nymph - Perillus Orange Stinkbug with Two Black Spots - Perillus Which Bug ? - Perillus bioculatus Stink Bug - Perillus strigipes - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Numbers
Seven North American species, according to Nomina Nearctica.
Food
Adults are predatory. P. bioculatus is used as a biological control of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Chrysomelidae).
See Also
Colorado Potato Beetle (1)
Print References
Slater, p. 46 (2)
Internet References
Nomina Nearctica
P. bioculatus for biocontrol from University of Wisconsin
Insects of Cedar Creek--Perillus circumcinctus
Works Cited
1.Colorado Potato Beetle
2.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 9:17am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 2 November, 2006 - 6:10pm

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