Genus Mecidea - Narrow Stink Bug

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References

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)

Genus Mecidea (Narrow Stink Bug)

Numbers

Two Spp. per Nearctica:

Mecidea major Sailer 1952

Mecidea minor Ruckes 1946

Range

Mostly southwestern U.S. based on photos submitted here.

Food

Shape and color suggest they are grass feeders. Reported to feed on Bouteloua curtipendula, sideoats grama.

Internet References

http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/album/020003024ap.html

Contributed by Chris Wirth on 19 October, 2005 - 2:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 September, 2008 - 10:26am

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