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Species Lineostethus clypeatus

Lineostethus clypeatus (Stål) - Lineostethus clypeatus Lineostethus clypeatus
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 Discocephalinae
Genus Lineostethus
Species clypeatus (Lineostethus clypeatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Discocephala clypeata Stål 1862
Explanation of Names
Lineostethus clypeatus (Stål)
Size
6.7-8.5 mm(1)
Range
AZ & southmost TX to Panama - Map (1)(2)(3), most US records from s. TX
Works Cited
1.Revision of Lineostethus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalini)
Thereza de Almeida Garbelotto, Ana Paula Leite Kochenborger, Luiz Alexandre Campos. 2018. Zoologia 35: 1-24.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)