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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 » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Pachycorinae » Symphylus » Symphylus caribbeanus

Species Symphylus caribbeanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy - Symphylus caribbeanus

Diolcus chrysorrhoeus? - Symphylus caribbeanus

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 Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)

Subfamily Pachycorinae

Genus Symphylus

Species caribbeanus (Symphylus caribbeanus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

replacement name for Symphylus obliqua(1)

Explanation of Names

Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy 1909

Identification

like most members of its subfamily, highly variable:

easily confused with Stethaulax marmorata but head is more pointy; external features distinguishing the two are discussed in Wheeler (2017)(1); however, the easiest way to tell the two apart offhand seems to be the profile view, with the dorsum evenly convex in St. marmorata vs humpy, front-heavy in Sy. caribbeanus: (=v=)

Range

se US (NC-FL-TX) to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (1)(2), mostly TX, FL

Food

Nymphs and adults were observed in SC on fruits of yaupon (Ilex vomitoria; Aquifoliaceae) and in FL on fruits of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius; Anacardiaceae); an adult was taken in GA on fruits of wax myrtle (Morella cerifera; Myricaceae). Most previously recorded plant associations might not refer to hosts that support nymphal development.(1)

Remarks

pretty common in c TX. =v=

Works Cited

1.	Symphylus caribbeanus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera:Scutelleridae): New distribution & host-plant records of a seldom-collected shield bug Wheeler A.G. 2017. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 119: 491-498.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 November, 2008 - 4:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2023 - 3:15am

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