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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) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Podisus

Genus Podisus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Dinner - Podisus stink bug nymph - Podisus Stink Bug - Podisus maculiventris - male Pentomid - Podisus maculiventris - female Stink bug? Superfamily Pentatomoidea - Podisus mucronatus Stink Bug - Podisus placidus Predatory Stink Bug - Podisus placidus Podisus brevispinus
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 Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Podisus
Other Common Names
Spined Soldier Bug
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), 34 spp. worldwide(2)
Range
much of NA
Food
other insects
Life Cycle

4th instar light nymph


5th instar light nymph



4th instar dark nymph


5th instar dark nymph
Remarks
P. maculiventris (the most common species in se. US) is marketed as a pest control agent
See Also
Euschistus, Menecles
Internet References
Podisus online
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Pentatomoidea Home page, by Dr. David Rider
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 July, 2004 - 7:03am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 18 February, 2011 - 10:37am

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