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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 » Green Stink Bugs and Allies (Nezarini) » Green Stink Bugs (Chinavia) » Chinavia marginata

Species Chinavia marginata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Chinavia marginata (Palisot) - Chinavia marginata

*Nezara viridula* Southern Green Stink Bug? - Chinavia marginata

Southern Green Stink Bug - Chinavia marginata

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 Nezarini (Green Stink Bugs and Allies)

Genus Chinavia (Green Stink Bugs)

Species marginata (Chinavia marginata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

≡Acrosternum marginatum

Explanation of Names

Chinavia marginata (Palisot de Beauvois 1817)

Identification

Almost identical to C. hilaris yet much less common, though may locally predominate. C. marginatum has a yellow border around most of its body, especially on the face, but C. hilaris may have a yellow border, too. In C. hilare , the distal antennomeres are black and white, while in C. marginatum there is no white but the same bluish green as in basal segments.(1)

Note from A. Meeds: This character can be very helpful in distinguishing C. hilaris and C. marginata from FL-TX but in much of w.US, C. hilaris often has blue antenna. Barman et al. (2017) found enough genetic variation between C. hilaris from the Pacific Coast and e.US to suggest presence of a cryptic species.

Range

so.US (CA‒TX, FL) to S.America; W. Indies(2)

Print References

Barman A.K., Joyce A.L., Torres R., Higbee B.S. (2017) Assessing genetic diversity in four Stink Bug species, Chinavia hilaris, Chlorochroa uhleri, Chlorochroa sayi, and Thyanta pallidovirens (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), using DNA barcodes. J. Econ. Entomol. 110: 2590‒2598.

Internet References

Species page (3)

Works Cited

1.	Austin bug collection

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.	Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 July, 2009 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by Andrew Meeds, ceiseman, v belov, KenW
Last updated 19 January, 2025 - 6:50pm

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