Genus Proxys

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References

White Spotted Stink Bug - Proxys punctulatus

Stink bug. What species? - Proxys punctulatus

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)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Carpocorini

Genus Proxys

Other Common Names

Black Stink Bug

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists two species for North America: albopunctulata and punctulatus.

Range

Southeastern North America into neotropics

Food

Feeds on plant juices, some association, perhaps, with Spiderwort, Commelina species.

Internet References

USDA Insect Images--image of P. punctulata, gives common name of "Black Stink Bug."

North Carolina State Entomology Collection has the following numbers, both including specimens from that state: albopunctulatus (3), punctulatus (97).

Cotton Pest Management Newsletter has image of P. punctulatus.

P. punctulatus as a cotton pest--a minor problem, apparently

Illustration of P. victor--#18 on that plate from Biologia Centrali Americana

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 July, 2004 - 6:37am

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