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Species Belonochilus numenius - Sycamore Seed Bug

Unknown heteropteran - Belonochilus numenius Sycamore bug - Belonochilus numenius Sycamore Seed Bug - Belonochilus numenius Seed Bug - Belonochilus numenius Belonochilus numenius (?) for IL - Belonochilus numenius Bug - Belonochilus numenius Sycamore Seed Bug - Belonochilus numenius Belonochilus numenius? - Belonochilus numenius
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 Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Orsillinae
Tribe Orsillini
Genus Belonochilus
Species numenius (Sycamore Seed Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Belonochilus numenius (Say 1831)
Range
e. US + ON to CA - Map (1) & BC (alien introduction) (2); recently introduced to Europe (2008, France) (3)(4)
Food
sycamore seeds(1)
Print References
Say, T. (1831) Descriptions of new species of Heteropterous Hemiptera of North America. Descriptions of new species of Heteropterous Hemiptera of North America. New Harmony Indiana., 310–368.
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Additional provincial and state records for Heteroptera (Hemiptera) in Canada and the United States
Scudder G.G.E. 2012. J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia 109: 55-69.
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)