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Genus Trichopepla

Stink bug Nymph - Trichopepla semivittata

Stink bug on Queen Anne's lace - Trichopepla atricornis

Trichopepla semivittata (Say) - Trichopepla semivittata

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 Trichopepla

Explanation of Names

Trichopepla Stål 1867

Numbers

7 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)(2)

Identification

see(3)

pubescent dorsum distinctive (feature shared with Prionosoma podopioides)(4)

5 spp. imaged here(5)

Works Cited

1.	Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

3.	Revision of the genus Trichopepla (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in N. America McDonald F.J.D. 1976. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 84: 9–22.

4.	An updated synopsis of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) of Michigan Swanson D.R. 2012. Great Lakes Entomologist 45: 263-311.

5.	Photo gallery of the Spencer Entomological Collection

Contributed by tom murray on 4 November, 2005 - 6:56am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 July, 2019 - 3:04pm

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