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Species Scaptocoris castaneus

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 Cydnidae (Burrowing Bugs)

Genus Scaptocoris

Species castaneus (Scaptocoris castaneus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scaptocoris castaneus Perty 1833

Range

native to S. America, adventive in NA (established in GA and SC)

Habitat

coastal sand dunes

Remarks

earliest NA record: SC 1963

damage reported on several crops in S. America, but many records probably refer to different cydnid spp.(1)

Print References

Froeschner R.C., Steiner W.E. (1983) Second record of South American burrowing bug, Scaptocoris castaneus Perty. Entomological News 94: 176 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

Contributed by drswanny on 20 October, 2012 - 11:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 October, 2012 - 1:45am

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