Genus Menecles

Classification · Numbers · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Brown stink bug - Menecles insertus? - Menecles insertus

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)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Carpocorini

Genus Menecles

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists Menecles inserta Say 1832 and Menecles portacrus Rolston 1973.

See Also

Euschistus

Print References

Brimley, p. 63, lists Menecles inserta for North Carolina (1).

Genus not listed in Slater, How to Know the True Bugs (2).

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists just one species for that state, inserta, with 33 pinned.

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

2.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 2 June, 2005 - 7:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 June, 2006 - 10:13am

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