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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

Species Holcostethus abbreviatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Stink bug ID - Holcostethus abbreviatus Brown Stinkbug on Ash - Holcostethus abbreviatus Stink bug - Holcostethus abbreviatus Holcostethus in California - Holcostethus abbreviatus Holcostethus abbreviatus Stink Bug - Holcostethus abbreviatus Stink Bug - Holcostethus abbreviatus Little stink bug - Holcostethus abbreviatus
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 Pentatominae
Tribe Carpocorini
Genus Holcostethus
Species abbreviatus (Holcostethus abbreviatus)
Explanation of Names
Holcostethus abbreviatus Uhler 1872
Size
8.0‒9.5 mm(1)
Identification
connexivum with alternating dark/pale pattern(2); tylus distinctly enclosed by juga(3)
Range
much of n. & w.NA (BC‒CA to ?NB‒ON‒MN‒IA‒TX)(4)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
3.The Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of North Dakota I: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea
Rider D.A. 2012. Great Lakes Entomol. 45: 312‒380.
4.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 v belov on 26 March, 2009 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 August, 2024 - 5:27pm

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