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Species Euschistus obscurus

Stink Bug - Euschistus obscurus Stink Bug - Euschistus obscurus Euschistus obscurus (Palisot)  - Euschistus obscurus Euschistus obscurus - male 907W05 - Euschistus obscurus Lantana Visitor - Euschistus obscurus Lantana Visitor - Euschistus obscurus Pentatomidae - Euschistus obscurus
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 Euschistus
Species obscurus (Euschistus obscurus)
Other Common Names
Pale-lined Stink Bug (1)
Explanation of Names
Euschistus obscurus (Palisot 1817)
Identification
The most noticeable feature is the light "worn" bar between humeri. Humeri usually rounded but may be slightly pointed. Underside either green or yellow; in a mating pair there is always one yellow and one green.(2)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2011
Range
se.US (*NC‒FL‒TX); Mexico, W.Indies - Map (3)(*BG data)(4)
Remarks
very common in e.-c.TX
Print References
Chapin J.B. (1959) The biology of Euschistus obscurus (Palisot de Beauvois). Unpublished M. Sci. Thesis, LSU, Baton Rouge, 49 pp.