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Genus Brochymena - Rough Stink Bugs

Four-humped Stink Bug - Brochymena quadripustulata Stink Bug - Brochymena sulcata Brochymena (nymph?) - Brochymena Rough Stink Bug - Brochymena affinis Brochymena sulcata ? - Brochymena sulcata Brochymena - Brochymena sulcata Rough stink bug - Brochymena arborea Brochymena hoppingi? - Brochymena hoppingi - male
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 Halyini
Genus Brochymena (Rough Stink Bugs)
Other Common Names
Tree Stink Bugs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parabrochymena Larivière 1992 (see discussion here)
Explanation of Names
Brochymena Amyot & Serville 1843
Greek brochos (βρο'χος) 'net' + umen (υμη'ν) 'membrane'
Numbers
17 spp. in our area (+a couple with questionable old records), 25 total(1)(2)
not yet in the guide:
Brochymena apiculata Van Duzee 1923 "sw US," no state records and no US specimens in TAMUIC
Brochymena haedula Stål 1862 recorded in AZ & TX but no US specimens in TAMUIC
Size
10―22 mm(1)
Identification
key to spp. of the arborea-group in (2)
key to the remaining spp. in (1)
Range
NA south to Panama, most diverse in so. US(3)
Habitat
on trees and shrubs(4)
Season
year round in the south; data for each species in(1)
Food
Phytophagous (some reports of predation)(4)