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Genus Apoecilus

Nymph - Apoecilus Apoecilus bracteatus Apoecilus cynicus? - Apoecilus cynicus Apoecilus cynicus (Say) - Apoecilus cynicus pentatomid - Apoecilus cynicus stink bug? - Apoecilus Predatory Stinkbug Nymph - Apoecilus Apoecilus - Apoecilus cynicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Apoecilus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
until recently, often treated as a subgenus of Apateticus
Explanation of Names
Apoecilus Stål 1870
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
at up to 20 mm, the largest asopines and among the largest pentatomoids in our area(2)
Identification
Range
e. NA (3)
Remarks
often collected washed ashore in MI(2)