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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) » Pentatominae » Carpocorini » Euschistus » Euschistus ictericus

Species Euschistus ictericus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
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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 ictericus (Euschistus ictericus)
Explanation of Names
Euschistus ictericus (Linnaeus 1763)
ictericus = 'jaundiced'
Size
10.5-12.0 mm(1)
Identification
A strong ridge across the pronotum between the shoulder spines is distinctive.
Range
e. NA to UT-TX - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
on vegetation in damp/wet habitats(1)
Season
Apr-Oct(1)
See Also
Andrallus spinidens
FL (adventive)
Print References
McPherson J.E., Paskewitz S.M. (1984) Life history and laboratory rearing of Euschistus ictericus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), with descriptions of immature stages. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 92: 53-60.
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 24 September, 2008 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2021 - 1:58pm

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