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Amaurochrous
Genus
Amaurochrous
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
Podopinae (Turtle Bugs)
Genus
Amaurochrous
Explanation of Names
Amaurochrous
Stål
1872
Numbers
6 spp., all in our area
(
1
)
Size
5‒8 mm
(
2
)
Identification
anterolateral pronotal margin with small tooth
(
3
)
Range
5 spp. in e. NA (
A. brevitylus
west to CO‒AZ),
A. vanduzeei
along the Pacific (WA‒CA);
A. dubius
ranges into W.Indies
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records
Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.
2.
A revision of the turtle bugs of North America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Barber H.G., Sailer R.I. 1953. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 43: 150-162.
3.
The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 24 March, 2007 - 7:30am
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 19 March, 2024 - 7:03pm