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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 · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Brochymena - side view - Brochymena quadripustulata

mating Stinkbugs - Brochymena quadripustulata

Likely Brochymena cariosa - Brochymena cariosa

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

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

21-23 spp. north of Mexico (incl. Parabrochymena)(2)(3); 6 spp. in NC(4)

Size

14-20 mm

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

across North America

Habitat

Deciduous forests, orchards, trees. Rather arboreal. B. carolinensis is associated with pines.(5)

Season

Spring, fall (adults overwinter and typically absent in mid-summer). April-May, September-October (Kansas)

Food

Predatory on other insects, especially caterpillars. May feed on leaves as well.(6)

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.(7)

See Also

Parabrochymena

Internet References

North Carolina State University entomology collection: 6 spp. recorded from NC (arborea, cariosa, carolinensis, myops, quadripustulata, the latter being the commonest)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

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

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

5.	Eastern Forest Insects By Whiteford L. Baker

6.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) By Whitney Cranshaw

7.	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 21 January, 2010 - 5:39pm

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