Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Stal, 1862.
Identification
Large (for this family), dark, unmarked.
Following key in Slater
(1), p. 34:
Each clavus not meeting beyond tip of scutellum (claval commissure absent)-->Sehirus, Pangaeus, others
Body lacking white marginal stripe (Sehirus has it), pronotum anteriorly with a deep, sharply impressed line paralleling anterior margin to form a distinct anterior collar -->Pangaeus
Range
P. bilineatus is widespread, occurs from eastern United States west into Great Plains, and through southwest to California. The four other North American species in the genus occur in the southern United States
(1).
Season
March-October with some gaps, possibly absent in June (North Carolina).
Print References
Slater, pp. 34-35, fig. 28--P. bilineatus
(1)
Drees, p. 59, plate 70
(2)
Swan and Papp, p. 131, fig. 127E--P. bilineatus
(3)
Brimley, p. 61, lists P. bilineatus and P. uhleri (no longer valid?) for North Carolina
(4)Internet References
TAMU--photo of
Pangaeus species
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists just P. bilineatus from that state, with 245 pinned.
Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera . Volume I, several plates--illustrations of several species, and related genera
Contributed by
Cotinis on 19 February, 2006 - 9:24am
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Brad BarndLast updated 1 July, 2007 - 9:28pm
