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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 » Holcostethus » Holcostethus abbreviatus
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Pentatomidae: Holcostethus abbreviatus - Holcostethus abbreviatus
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Monroe

Pentatomidae: Holcostethus abbreviatus - Holcostethus abbreviatus
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 27, 2004
Size: BL about 8 mm
We found this stink bug of Turnip Mustard in Borrego Palm Canyon. It really looks like an Euschistus, but this bug's shoulders are more rounded than any I've seen and the scutellum is broader and more white-tipped.

The key to species asks color of underside. Image #244549 shows the underside as yellow, which would key out to H. abbreviatus. We checked at the CU Museum entomology collection, and H. abbreviatus seems correct.
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 22 November, 2008 - 4:23pm
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 5:58pm

Holcostethus abbreviatus Uhler 1872
i trust your ID and suspected H. abbreviatus, too. glad it's settled
Moved from Holcostethus.
… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Holcostethus abbreviatus
Again thanks so much, v belov, in identifying this pentatomid to genus and so giving us the roadmap that was necessary in discovering the species.
… Lynn Monroe, 26 March, 2009 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

must be Holcostethus
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… v belov, 22 November, 2008 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Holcostethus
It's great to have this stink bug identified! We've been puzzling over images of Euschistus and they were so close but just not quite right. Thank you so much, v belov. You are providing such a valuable service and it is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 22 November, 2008 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
you are most welcome
it is thanks to BG contributors like you who post their interesting pix that i've learned so much about the Nearctic fauna and now am able to ID American insects with increasing confidence
… v belov, 22 November, 2008 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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