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Species Perillus circumcinctus

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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 Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Species circumcinctus (Perillus circumcinctus)
Explanation of Names
Perillus circumcinctus Stål 1862
Size
9-11 mm(1)
Range
PQ-SK south to NJ-MO-NE(2)
Print References
Evans E.W. (1982) Habitat differences in feeding habits and body size of the predatory stinkbug Perillus circumcinctus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 90: 129-133 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.