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Genus Brochymena
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 Halyini
Genus Brochymena
Other Common Names Rough Stink Bug, Tree Stink Bugs Explanation of Names Authors of genus are Amyot and Serville 1843 ( Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Hémiptères).
Appears to be from Latin broch meaning "with projecting teeth", plus Greek mena, moon (1). For the first, compare, perhaps, French broche, from Latin brocchus meaning pointed, sharp ( Wiktionary). Numbers Arnett (2) lists 21 North American species in genus.
Nearctica.com lists 12 species. Identification Usually bark-like ( cryptic). Lateral teeth on juga. Head elongated, side of pronotum has toothlike projections, and rear margin of abdomen has pleated pattern. See such images as:
Range Includes North America Habitat Deciduous forests, orchards, trees. Rather arboreal. B. carolinensis is associated with pines. Season Spring, fall (adults overwinter, so adults typically absent in mid-summer). April-May, September-October (Kansas) Food Predatory on other insects, especially caterpillars. May feed some on juices of leaves as well. Life Cycle Eggs are attached in clusters to twigs and leaves in spring. Nymphs grow slowly. Adults overwinter in crevices or under leaf litter. There is one generation per year. (3)Print References Borror, entries for broch, mena (1)
Arnett, fig. 20.8, p. 250 (2)
Milne, fig. 128, account, p. 484 (3)
Brimley, p. 61, lists B. arborea, cariosa (local), carolinensis, myops, punctata (local), quadripustulata (5)
Cranshaw, pp. 228-229 (7)
Drees, fig. 78, photo of nymph (8)
Baker, p. 62, describes tree associates (9)Internet References Insects of Cedar Creek--illustrations of B. arborea and quadripustulata
Univ. Minn.--scroll down page
Biodiversity Wash. DC--B. quardripustulata
North Carolina State University entomology collection has six species recorded from that state: arborea, cariosa, carolinensis, myops, and quadripustulata. The last is most common in collection, with 317 pinned!
Works Cited | 4. | How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. | |
| 6. | Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White | |
| 8. | A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
By Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman |  |
| 9. | Eastern Forest Insects
By Whiteford L. Baker | |
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 11:09pm Last updated 16 November, 2008 - 3:08pm |
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