Species Dieuches armatipes

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

I have tried for days to find some info on this and I can't get a positive ID. - Dieuches armatipes

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 Lygaeoidea

Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Rhyparochrominae

Tribe Rhyparochromini

Genus Dieuches

Species armatipes (Dieuches armatipes)

Size

10.5-11.5 mm(1)

Identification

large size and habitus distinctive among NA rhyparochromids

Range

native to Africa and widespread there; adventive in our area (FL, at least since 1992)(1)

Food

several types of mature seeds on the ground(1); in Africa, feeds on peanuts during the harvesting process (Brambila & Halbert 2004);

Remarks

has the potential to become a serious pest in n. FL (Brambila & Halbert 2004)

Print References

Brambila & Halbert 2004

Works Cited

1.	Heteroptera of concern to southern U.S. Brambila J. 2007. Invasive Arthropod Workshop, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network 7-9 May 2007, Clemson, SC.

Contributed by v belov on 25 March, 2009 - 3:20pm
Last updated 23 March, 2012 - 2:30am

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