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Species Corimelaena agrella

Negro Bug - Corimelaena agrella - female

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 Thyreocoridae (Ebony Bugs)

Genus Corimelaena

Species agrella (Corimelaena agrella)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Corimelaena agrella McAtee, 1919

Size

3.5 to 4 mm (1)

Identification

White costal stripe with inner angulate margin; apex of corium acute. (1)

Range

Eastern USA

State/Province Records: (2)

CAN: none

USA: DC, IA, IL, KY, MD, TX

Habitat

Has been collected on wild chervil and downy flox in Illinois. Observed feeding on downy flox. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.

2.	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 Brad Barnd on 2 June, 2017 - 12:05am

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