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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Spartocerini » Spartocera » Giant Sweetpotato Bug (Spartocera batatas)

Species Spartocera batatas - Giant Sweetpotato Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Assassin bug unknown - Spartocera batatas Coreidae ? - Spartocera batatas Unknown Triatoma species - Spartocera batatas Spartocera batatas on Ipomoea vine - 1 - Spartocera batatas Giant Sweetpotato Bug - Spartocera batatas Giant Sweetpotato Bug nymphs - Spartocera batatas Spartocera batatas - Spartocera batatas Spartocera batatas - Spartocera batatas
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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Spartocerini
Genus Spartocera
Species batatas (Giant Sweetpotato Bug)
Explanation of Names
Spartocera batatas (Fabricius 1798)
Size
18-23 mm
Identification
Humeral angles of the pronotum rounded, lateral margins not expanded. Newborn nymphs are red but soon become very dark brown except for the head, the lateral angles of the pronotum and the expanded lateral edges of the abdomen, which are marked with bright red-brown spots.
Range
native to the Neotropics (West Indies to so. Brazil)(1), adventive in our area (FL)
Remarks
first reported in the continental US: FL 1995
Internet References
Fact sheet (Halbert 2003-2014)[Cite:185010]
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 13 January, 2006 - 1:44pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 9:16am

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