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

Genus Euschistus

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Another Stink Bug - Euschistus tristigmus

Dusky or Brown Stinkbug? - Euschistus tristigmus

Euschistus ictericus? - Euschistus servus

Mating stink bugs. Unknown. - Euschistus quadrator - male - female

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 Euschistus

Other Common Names

(Southern) Brown Stink Bug (E. servus), Consperse Stink Bug (E. conspersus), One-spotted Stink Bug (E. variolarius)

Numbers

Arnett, p. 251, (1) lists 20 species.

Nearctica.com lists 19 species.

Size

12-15 mm (E. servus)

Identification

Brown, checkered border to abdomen. Rear tibia has distinctive groove above, see print references and this photo:

Range

Much of North America

Habitat

Woodlands, cultivated land, orchards.

Season

E. servus occurs throughout year in the south.

Food

Sucks plant juices. Sometimes destructive to crops, esp. fruits.

See Also

Menecles, especially the widespread Menecles insertus

Podisus--superficially similar, note different structure of beak underneath (2)

Print References

Arnett, p. 251, fig. 20.10--E. servus (1)

Slater, pp. 55-56 (2)

Borror and White, p. 127 (3)

Swan and Papp, p. 128, fig. 122--E. servus (4)

Cranshaw pp. 228-229, photos E. servus, conspersus, variolarius (5)

Drees, fig. 76--E. servus (6)

Brimley, p. 62 (7)

Internet References

Forestry Images

Cirrus Images

Insects of Cedar Creek--family account, images of Euschistus spp.

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists nine species for that state, servus and tristigmus being most abundant.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

3.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

4.	The Common Insects of North America By Lester A. Swan, Charles S. Papp

5.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) By Whitney Cranshaw

6.	A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects By Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman

7.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 September, 2004 - 6:17pm
Last updated 24 September, 2008 - 8:19am

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