Genus Oebalus

Classification · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

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)

Genus Oebalus

Numbers

Neartica lists 4 North American species: grisescens, insularis, mexicana, and pugnax.

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

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology lists two species for that state: pugnax (332 pinned), ypsilongriseus (3 pinned)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 December, 2004 - 1:22am
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Last updated 11 July, 2005 - 11:41pm

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