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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Agonoscelidini » Agonoscelis » African Cluster Bug (Agonoscelis puberula)

Species Agonoscelis puberula - African Cluster Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hairy stinkbugs: Prionosoma podopioides? - Agonoscelis puberula

African Cluster Bug - Agonoscelis puberula

Unknown bug (Trichopepla semivittata or Agonoscelis puberula?) - Agonoscelis puberula

Agonoscelis puberula? - Agonoscelis puberula

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 Agonoscelidini

Genus Agonoscelis

Species puberula (African Cluster Bug)

Explanation of Names

Agonoscelis puberula Stål 1854

very pubescent:

Range

adventive CA to c. TX / Mexico / W. Indies - Map (1)(2); native to so. Africa

"They are on the spread. I expect them anywhere horehound (Marrubium vulgare) grows." (D.B. Thomas, pers.comm. to =v= 8.i.2015)

Food

known hosts include members of Lamiaceae (horehound, thyme), Linaceae (flax), Buddlejaceae (Buddleja), and Rubiaceae (coffee tree); apparently occurs on an even wider range of hosts

Remarks

earliest record in our area: AZ 1990(1)

See Also

Prionosoma podopioides Uhler

- Range: sw US

Det. D. B. Thomas, 2010

Print References

Thomas, D.B., J.E. Eger, W. Jones (2003) The African Cluster Bug, Agonoscelis puberula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), established in the New World. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 151-153. (1)

Internet References

Texas Invasives - Bartelt 2011(3)

Pentatomoidea - North Dakota State Univ.(4)

Works Cited

1.	The african cluster bug, Agonoscelis Puberula Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), established in the New World Thomas D., Eger J., Jones W., Ortega Leon G. 2003. Florida Entomologist 86: 151-153.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Invasive insect database at texasinvasives.org

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

Contributed by v belov on 2 July, 2010 - 11:12am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 4 November, 2024 - 11:56pm

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