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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) » Apoecilus » Apoecilus cynicus

Species Apoecilus cynicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Large predatory stink bug - Apoecilus cynicus Predatory Stink Bug - Apoecilus cynicus Predatory Stink Bug - Apoecilus cynicus Stink Bug - Apoecilus cynicus Podisus maculiventris ? - Apoecilus cynicus Pentatomidae - Apoecilus cynicus Apoecilus sp.? - Apoecilus cynicus Stinkbug - Apoecilus cynicus
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 Apoecilus
Species cynicus (Apoecilus cynicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apateticus cynicus (Say)
Explanation of Names
Apoecilus cynicus (Say 1832)
Size
13‒20 mm(1)
Range
NA ±east of the Rockies (MT‒MB‒NF to AZ‒TX‒FL)(2)
Habitat
woodland edges(1)
Food
mostly caterpillars(1)
Life Cycle
overwinters as eggs (most pentatomids overwinter as adults)(1)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.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.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 4 November, 2008 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2024 - 9:48pm

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