HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Sciocorini » Sciocoris » Sciocoris longifrons

Species Sciocoris longifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sciocoris longifrons Barber - Sciocoris longifrons

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 Pentatomoidea

Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Sciocorini

Genus Sciocoris

Species longifrons (Sciocoris longifrons)

Explanation of Names

Sciocoris longifrons Barber 1933

Size

7.4 mm (Barber 1933)

Range

n. to s. TX (Wichita Falls to Junction to College Station to Boca Chica)(1)(2)(3)(4)(Barber 1933)(BG data)

Habitat

The European Sciocoris are subterranean. They are evidently root feeders. Would explain why they are so rare in collections. (D. Thomas, pers. comm. 2017 to MAQ)

Season

Apr(2), Jun(1), Nov(2) (Barber 1933)(4)(BG data)

Life Cycle

When threatened, this little bug curls up its legs and plays dead. It looks like a brown seed or piece of dirt.(5)

Remarks

Type Locality: 2 males coll'ed by J. D. Mitchell on 18 Nov 1907, Victoria, Texas.

Other paratypes per Barber (1933):

C.V. Riley reported(*) 4 from "Tex" (2 males, 2 females);

Belfrage coll'ed one from "Tex" [possibly around Gatesville, TX];

and one from Austin, Tex.

To these records, we can add:

two reported from Zilker Gardens, Austin, Travis Co., Texas(4)(BG data)

one coll'ed in Medina Co., Texas(4)

plus 6 spmns in the TAMUIC from Boca Chica, Cameron Co.; College Station, Brazos Co.; and Junction, Kimble Co.(1)

(*)I don't believe C.V. Riley was ever in Texas.

Print References

Barber, H.G. 1933. A new Sciocoris from Texas (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 34(9)[1932]: 149-150.

Internet References

Species page - David A. Rider, North Dakota State University

Austin Bug Collection - Val Bugh

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

2.	Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page

3.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

4.	University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)

5.	Austin bug collection

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 28 July, 2012 - 11:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2023 - 12:25pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version