Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Tribe Discogastrini

green squash bug - Savius jurgiosus Plant Bug - Savius jurgiosus green (assassin?) bug - Savius jurgiosus Savius jurgiosus Stål - Savius jurgiosus Coreid - Savius jurgiosus Leaf-footed Bug - Savius jurgiosus Coreid - Savius jurgiosus Savius jurgiosus
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 Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Discogastrini
Explanation of Names
Discogastrini Stål 1868
Numbers
a single species in our area, ~45 spp. in 8 genera total(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into TX(1)