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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Perillus

Genus Perillus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
Predatory Stink Bug Nymph? - Perillus Stink Bug - Perillus Predatory Stink Bug eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle - Perillus bioculatus True Bug - Perillus bioculatus What Specie is this? (Binomial name please) - Perillus bioculatus Orange Pent - Perillus exaptus Possibly Stiretrus nymph - Perillus bioculatus
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 Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mineus Stål 1867
Explanation of Names
Perillus Stål 1862
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
see (2)(3)
Remarks
P. bioculatus is used to control Colorado Potato Beetle
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Review of the genus Perillus with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).
Knight, H.H. 1952. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 45(2): 229–232.
3.Taxonomic synopsis of the asopine Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of the western hemisphere
Thomas D.B. 1992. Entomological Society of America (Thomas Say Monograph), Lantham, MD. 156 pp.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 9:17am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Andrew Meeds, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 June, 2023 - 3:14pm

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