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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Carpocorini » Proxys

Genus Proxys

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Carpocorini
Genus Proxys
Other Common Names
Black Stink Bug
Pronunciation
prok'-sis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Proxys Spinola, 1840
Explanation of Names
Origin obscure. The Century Dictionary (1) gives the derivation as "NL" (New Latin), but gives no etymology. Latin proxim, meaning "near", and Greek praxis meaning "exercise, action" (2), are close, but neither seem to be meaningful in this context. Greek praxis is perhaps the most likely origin.
Numbers
Nearctica (3) lists two species for North America: albopunctulata and punctulatus. The validity of P. albopunctulatus is questionable (4).
Range
Southeastern North America into neotropics
Food
Feeds on plant juices, some association, perhaps, with Spiderwort, Commelina species.
Print References
Borror, entries for proxim, praxis (2)
The Century Dictionary, entry for Proxys (genus) (1)
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).
Works Cited
1.The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
3.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
4.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 July, 2004 - 6:37am
Last updated 10 August, 2010 - 3:29am

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