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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 » Halyini » Rough Stink Bugs (Brochymena)

Genus Brochymena - Rough Stink Bugs

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Halyini
Genus Brochymena (Rough Stink Bugs)
Other Common Names
Tree Stink Bugs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brochymena Amyot and Serville 1843
=Parabrochymena Larivière 1992 (see discussion here)
Explanation of Names
Greek brochos (βρο'χος) 'net' + umen (υμη'ν) 'membrane'
Numbers
21-23 spp. in our area(1)(2); 6 spp. in NC(3)
Size
14-20 mm
Identification
Usually bark-like (cryptic). Lateral teeth on juga. Head elongated, pronotum laterally with toothlike projections, and rear margin of abdomen has pleated pattern.
Range
across NA
Habitat
forests, orchards; on various trees and shrubs(4)
Season
Spring, fall (adults typically absent in mid-summer); Apr-May, Sep-Oct in KS
Food
phytophagous (some reports of predation)(4)
Life Cycle
Eggs are attached in clusters to twigs and leaves in spring. Nymphs grow slowly. Adults overwinter in crevices or leaf litter. A single generation per year.(5)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
4.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
By J.E. McPherson
5.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
By Lorus and Margery Milne
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 11:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 10:17am

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