ENY 3005 Family Identification
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Pronunciation: pen-ta-TOM-mi-dee
Common name: stink bugs
A predatory stink bug, Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas)
Identifying characteristics:
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Antennae, 5-segmented; beak, 4-segmented; tarsi, 3-segmented.
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Body somewhat shield-shaped in dorsal view.
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Triangular scutellum about as long as the corium of the front wings.
Other families in the superfamily Scutelleroidea either have the scutellum
larger than the pentatomids, or else the tibiae have numerous strong spines.
References:
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Page 126 and plate 3 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide
to the Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Page 40 in J. A. Slater and R. M. Baranowski. 1978. How to Know the True
Bugs. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 256 p.
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Page 154 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 307 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction
to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
875 p.
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Page 421 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
A predatory stink bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus)
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A plant feeding stink bug, Vulsirea violacea (F.), Key West, Florida, January 2005.
Families of Hemiptera: Corixidae,
Notonectidae, Nepidae,
Belostomatidae, Gerridae,
Miridae, Phymatidae,
Reduviidae, Lygaeidae,
Coreidae, Pentatomidae.
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Prepared by
John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 29 Sep 1998. Modified 2 August 2005.