Species Euschistus servus - Brown Stink Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Family Pentatomidae - which genus? - Euschistus servus

Stink bugs, one fresh one? - Euschistus servus

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 Euschistus

Species servus (Brown Stink Bug)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

2 sspp. have been recognized, with the nominate ssp (juga and tylus subequal) occurring more to the south and E.s.euschistoides (juga longer than tylus) more to the north; these two forms are broadly sympatric with numerous intermediates and no longer recognized as subspecies(1)

Explanation of Names

Euschistus servus (Say 1832)

servus 'slave'

Size

11‒15 mm(2)

Range

transcontinental (BC‒NF south to CA‒TX‒FL & Mexico)(1)

Food

extremely polyphagous, host records include ~70 spp. in 25 families(3)

Remarks

the most economically important species of the genus in our area; may damage soybean, corn, cotton, alfalfa, sorghum, fruit, pecan, and tobacco(4)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Gomez & Mizel 2008‒2013)(5)

Works Cited

1.	A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.

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

3.	Pentatomoidea Host Index

4.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

5.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 8 December, 2007 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 June, 2024 - 4:19pm

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