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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydinae » Megalotomus » Lupine Bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus)

Species Megalotomus quinquespinosus - Lupine Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Broadheaded bug? - top - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Hemipterid - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Seed Bug - Megalotomus quinquespinosus bug - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Alydidae sp. - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Heteroptera? - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Alydidae, fresh? - Megalotomus quinquespinosus Lupine Bug - Megalotomus quinquespinosus
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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)
Subfamily Alydinae
Genus Megalotomus
Species quinquespinosus (Lupine Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say)
Orig. Comb: Lygaeus quinquespinosus Say, 1825
Size
14-16 mm
Identification
note pale base to antennal clubs (not strictly diagnostic)
Range
widely dist. across Canada and the US - Map (1)(2)(3)
Habitat
Edges of deciduous woods
Food
known hosts include mostly legumes, e.g. Baptisia, Ceanothus, Oxytropis, Lupinus, Rhus, Desmodium, Lathyrus venosus, soybeans(4)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 14 March, 2004 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 12:28pm

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