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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 » Carpocorini » Euschistus

Genus Euschistus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Unidentified Bug - Euschistus tristigmus

Pentatomidae, fresh - Euschistus tristigmus

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 Euschistus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in (1)

Explanation of Names

Euschistus Dallas 1851

Numbers

20 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus(2), >70 spp. in 4 subgenera total(3)

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spp. not yet in the guide are all confined in our area to AZ and are apparently quite uncommon there (no US specimens in TAMUIC). =v=

Size

8―15 mm

Identification

all spp. have a vague, faint dark patch in mid-scutellum and a smaller matching smudge on each upper wing half(4)

metatibia grooved above

Guide to c. TX spp. in (5)

Range

New World, by far most diverse in the Neotropics(6)

Habitat

Woodlands, cultivated land, orchards

Food

plant juices; occasional predation observed (Culliney 1985)

Remarks

may be destructive to crops, esp. fruits

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Euschistus in Middle America (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatomini) L.H.Rolston. 1974. Entomologica Americana 48, 1:1-102 .

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

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

4.	Austin bug collection

5.	A visual guide for identification of Euschistus spp. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in central Texas JF Esquivel, RM Anderson, and RE Droleskey. 2009. Southwestern Entomologist 34:485-488. .

6.	Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Honduras: a checklist with description of a new ochlerine genus Arismendi N., Thomas D.B. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17: 219-236.

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 September, 2004 - 6:17pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 29 September, 2023 - 9:29am

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