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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 » Pentatomini » Thyanta

Genus Thyanta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Pair - Thyanta pallidovirens - male - female Thyanta custator Shield-backed bug (Scutelleridae?) nymphs and egg cases - Thyanta Thyanta - Thyanta custator Stink bug - Thyanta custator Heteroptera - Thyanta Flat nymph - Thyanta custator Red-shouldered Stink Bug - Thyanta custator
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 Pentatomini
Genus Thyanta
Explanation of Names
Thyanta Stål 1860
Numbers
7 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, 37 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)
Identification
key to spp. in (1)
Range
New World; widespread in NA but primarily neotropical(1)(2)
Remarks
most spp. of this genus occur in two color forms, a green one (during warmer season) and a brown one (cooler season)(1)
Print References
Rolston L.H. (1972) The small Thyanta species of North America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). J. Georgia Ent. Soc. 7(4): 278-285.
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Thyanta Stål, 1862 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). II. Central America, North America, and the West Indies
Rider D.A., Chapin J.B. 1992. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 100: 42-98.
2.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 Hannah Nendick-Mason on 17 November, 2004 - 8:54pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 November, 2019 - 7:54pm

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