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Species Euschistus obscurus

Euschistus obscurus (Palisot) - Euschistus obscurus Euschistus obscurus (Palisot) - Euschistus obscurus 907W05 - Euschistus obscurus Euschistus obscurus Mating Stink Bugs - Euschistus obscurus - male - female pentatomidae sp - Euschistus obscurus Pentatomidae - 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 Unpublished M. Sci.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.
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2.Austin bug collection
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 August, 2009 - 10:59am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 October, 2024 - 2:31pm

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