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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Carpocorini » Mormidea » Mormidea lugens

Species Mormidea lugens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Pentatominae
Tribe Carpocorini
Genus Mormidea
Species lugens (Mormidea lugens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mormidea lugens (Fabricius, 1775)
Size
6-7 mm
Identification
A small stinkbug, recognized by the bronzy coloration and white boundary around the scutellum (1).
Andrew Meeds reared this 5th instar: to this adult Mormidea lugens:
Range
TX-FL-ME-WY / s. Can / Mex / West Indies (2)
Habitat
Associated with grasses, such as bluegrass and relatives (1) (3).
Remarks
Based on Andrew Meeds rearing work, numerous nymphs ID'ed as Perillus appear to be Mormidea lugens...
Print References
Marshall, photo 114.5 (3)
Slater, p. 56--description (1)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner
3.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
By Stephen A. Marshall
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 28 July, 2005 - 7:55pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, onegunah
Last updated 5 August, 2011 - 9:20am

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