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Species Chinavia hilaris - Common Green Stink Bug
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 Nezarini (Green Stink Bugs and Allies)
Genus Chinavia (Green Stink Bugs)
Species hilaris (Common Green Stink Bug)
Other Common Names Green Stink Bug
Green Soldier Bug Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Chinavia hilaris (Say, 1832)
Acrosternum (Chinavia) hilare (Say, 1832)
Acrosternum hilare (Say, 1832)
Orig. Comb: Pentatoma hilaris Say, 1832 Explanation of Names hilaris = 'lively, cheerful' Range throughout US & adjacent Canada (NS*-FL to BC-CA), ne. Mexico (2)(3)(*BG data) Habitat Woodlands, edges, cultivated land Food extremely polyphagous: recorded from 20 plant families (4); adults and older nymphs prefer developing seeds and fruit. May be a pest on soybean, cotton, fruit trees (esp. peach), and many vegetables (5)(6)Life Cycle "Keg-shaped" eggs are attached to the underside of leaves in double rows of twelve or more. One generation per year in North, two in south.
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Our best interpretation based upon photos here(7)Remarks Eastern C. hilaris can easily be differentiated from C. marginata based on the color of the antennal bands (black and yellow/white in C. hilaris and black and green in C. marginata) but many western C. hilaris exhibit antennal coloration that is more consistent with C. marginata. A 2017 study found high enough levels of genetic divergence between west coast and eastern Chinavia to suggest the presence of a cryptic species (8). Considered in combination with the antennal morphological differences and differences in the patterning and color morphs of nymphs, further study may be warranted to determine whether these populations could be considered separate subspecies or cryptic species.
If users that have access to microscopes and C. hilaris specimens would post photos of C. hilaris genitalia, perhaps additional comparisons could be made. -A. Meeds See Also Nezara viridula: scutellum has black (not pale) dot in each basal corner; connexivum uniformly colored, with no or faint dark dot on apical margin of each segment; pronotal sides slightly concave in anterior half; medial spine of second abdominal sternite rounded (not pointed); ventral scent gland pore short and broad (not long and curved); nymphs vary greatly in appearance according to age Internet References Species page - David A. Rider, NDSU (9)
Featured Creatures - Gomez & Mizell 2010 (10) Works Cited | 1. | The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press. | |
| 2. | Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press. |  |
| 5. | Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp. | |
| 8. | Assessing genetic diversity in four stink bug species, Chinavia hilaris, Chlorochroa uhleri, Chlorochroa sayi, and...
Barman, A. K., Joyce, A. L., Torres, R., & Higbee, B. S. 2017. Journal of Economic Entomology. | |
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 December, 2004 - 11:00am Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Ethanjf, Robin McLeod, Lynette Elliott, Chuck Entz, Andrew Meeds, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, PaleoJonLast updated 23 February, 2021 - 1:46am |
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