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Holcostethus
Genus
Holcostethus
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
Pentatominae
Tribe
Carpocorini
Genus
Holcostethus
Explanation of Names
Holcostethus
Fieber 1860
Numbers
7 spp. in our area
(
1
)
Size
8-10 mm
(
2
)
Identification
key to spp. in
(
2
)
Range
throughout NA, more diverse in the west
(
2
)
; Eurasia
Habitat
weedy fields, dry waste places
Season
Apr-Nov
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.
Revision of the genus Holcostethus in North America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
McDonald F.J.D. 1974. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 82: 245–258.
Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 21 April, 2005 - 6:45am
Additional contributions by
Robin McLeod
,
v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2014 - 3:22pm