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Species Stenocoris tipuloides

Stenocoris tipuloides (De Geer) - Stenocoris tipuloides

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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)

Subfamily Micrelytrinae

Genus Stenocoris (Rice Bugs)

Species tipuloides (Stenocoris tipuloides)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stenocoris (Stenocoris) tipuloides (De Geer)

Orig. Comb: Cimex tipuloides De Geer, 1773

Identification

"may be distinguished from the other species from neighboring territory by the rufescent tips of the femora and the produced, entire sixth ventral segment of the female. The body and legs are more elongate than those of any other Coreid." (Fracker 1918)

Range

southmost TX to S. Amer. (1)

GBIF shows records for s. TX, s. LA, & s. FL - Map (2)

Remarks

Henry and Froeschner (1988) (3) state that this sp. does not occur in our area, though Fracker (1918) reports it from TX and FL.

Print References

Fracker, S.B. 1918. The Alydinae of the United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 255-280. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Alydinae of the United States S.B. Fracker. 1918. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11:1918. 255–282.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 November, 2014 - 7:17am
Last updated 26 June, 2021 - 5:29pm

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