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Species Agonoscelis puberula - African Cluster Bug

stink bug? - Agonoscelis puberula African Cluster Bug - Agonoscelis puberula Pentatomidae - Agonoscelis puberula This must be Prionosoma podopioides, right? - Agonoscelis puberula unknown Hemipteran - Agonoscelis puberula Unknown bug (Trichopepla semivittata or Agonoscelis puberula?) - Agonoscelis puberula true bug - 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 in sw US to AR, IA / Mexico / West Indies (since ca. 1985)(1); native to so. Africa - Map (2)
"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 7 October, 2019 - 11:27am

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