Species Zicrona americana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Iridescent Black Pentatomid in California - Zicrona americana

Metallic Pentatomid - Zicrona possibly - Zicrona americana

Which Zicrona? - Zicrona americana - female

Metallic Blue Stink Bug - Zicrona americana

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 Zicrona

Species americana (Zicrona americana)

Explanation of Names

Zicrona americana Thomas 1992

Identification

see(1)

Range

Western North America (AK-BC-CA-TX-KS)(2)

In the northwestern US and adjacent Canada, separating this photos of this species from Zicrona caerulea is likely impossible. Old records of Zicrona from WA, OR, BC, AB, SK could apply to either species and reexamination is difficult since the key differences are in the male genitalia. (2)

Habitat

mostly riparian (where its prey, alder flea beetles, can be found)

Remarks

relatively uncommon(3)

See Also

black form of Stiretrus anchorago (scutellum much wider)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic synopsis of the asopine Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of the western hemisphere Thomas D.B. 1992. ESA Thomas Say Monograph. Lantham, MD. 156 pp.

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.

3.	The Pentatomidae, or stink bugs, of Kansas with a key to species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Packauskas R.J. 2012. Great Lakes Entomologist 45: 210-219.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 January, 2009 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by Andrew Meeds, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2022 - 10:02am

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