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Genus Amaurochrous

Stink Bug - Amaurochrous brevitylus Amaurochrous cinctipes? - Amaurochrous cinctipes Pentatomidae, Turtle Bug, dorsal - Amaurochrous brevitylus turtle bug - Amaurochrous cinctipes Amaurochrous cinctipes (Say) - Amaurochrous cinctipes A. cinctipes? - Amaurochrous cinctipes A. cinctipes? - Amaurochrous cinctipes brown shield bug - Amaurochrous cinctipes
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

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