Pentatomidae

Green stink bug ( Palomena prasina )

Stink bugs ( Pentatomidae ) are a family of bugs (Heteroptera ). They are found worldwide with about 6,000 species and are thus among the most species-rich families of this group of insects. In Europe, 187 species are represented, of which about 70 occur in Central Europe.

Features

The stink bugs have a slightly plump physique. Viewed from above, the body is usually peltate. The most striking feature is the enlarged tag ( scutellum ), which can cover the entire abdomen. Some species are vividly colorful, for example, the representatives of the genus graphosoma are striking black and red vertical stripes. Many species are colored differently depending on the season. The sensors have five, the tarsi three limbs. Stink bugs have well-developed wings and can fly well. Furthermore, a number of species have scent glands with which they can secrete foul smelling and sometimes toxic substances, which attackers or prey animals are stunned.

Way of life

Most species feed on plant juices, they suck. Among them there are some species that can wreak with a large occurrence in agriculture damage, such as the chinch bug ( Aelia acuminata ) and the cabbage bug ( Eurydema oleracea). They are also very resistant to some pesticides. But there are also predatory fish, such as Stiretrus anchorago that are considered beneficial because they feed on many pests.

Development

The females lay their eggs mostly in small groups to forage crops. The resulting hatching larvae live mostly sociable, remaining by aggregation pheromones together. When the animals sense danger, but from alarm pheromones, through the scattered group. They go through five instars. In Europe they overwinter predominantly in the adult stage.

Species ( Europe)

• Acrosternum arabic Wagner, 1959
• Acrosternum heegeri fever, 1861
• Acrosternum millierei ( Mulsant & Rey, 1866)
• Acrosternum rubescens ( Noualhier, 1893)
• Chinch bug or nickname Ling ( Aelia acuminata ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aelia albovittata fever, 1868
• Aelia angusta Stehlik, 1976
• Aelia cognata fever, 1868
• Aelia cribriform fever, 1868
• Aelia furcula fever, 1868
• Aelia klugii Hahn, 1833
• Aelia notata Rey, 1887
• Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852
• Aelia sibirica Reuter, 1884
• Aelia virgata ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1841)
• Ancyrosoma leucogrammes ( Gmelin, 1790)
• Andrallus spinidens (Fabricius, 1787)
• Antheminia absinthii (Wagner, 1952)
• Antheminia aliena ( Reuter, 1891)
• Antheminia lunulata ( Goeze, 1778)
• Antheminia pusio ( Kolenati, 1846)
• Antheminia varicornis ( Yakovlev, 1874)
• Apodiphus amygdali ( Germar, 1817)
• Forest Guardian ( Arma custos ) ( Fabricius, 1794)
• Arma insperata Horvath, 1899
• Asaroticus solskyi Yakovlev, 1873
• Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister, 1835)
• Bagrada abeillei Puton, 1881
• Bagrada confusa Horvath, 1936
• Bagrada elegans Puton, 1873
• Bagrada funerea Horvath, 1901
• Bagrada stolida ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1839)
• Bagrada turcica Horvath, 1936
• Brachynema cinctum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Brachynema germarii ( Kolenati, 1846)
• Brachynema purpureomarginatum ( Rambur, 1839)
• Capnoda batesoni Yakovlev, 1889
• Carpocoris coreanus Distant, 1899
• Northern Fruit bug ( Carpocoris fuscispinus ) ( Boheman, 1850)
• Carpocoris melanocerus ( Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
• Carpocoris pudicus ( Poda, 1761 )
• Purple fruit Bug ( Carpocoris purpureipennis ) ( De Geer, 1773)
• Chlorochroa juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Föhrengast ( Chlorochroa pinicola ) ( Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
• Chlorochroa reuteriana ( Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Chroantha ornatula ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1842)
• Codophila varia ( Fabricius, 1787)
• Crypsinus angustatus ( Baerensprung, 1859)
• Mulsant & Rey Derula flavoguttata, 1856
• Beerenwanze ( Dolycoris baccarum ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolycoris numidicus Horvath, 1908
• Dryadocoris apicalis ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1842)
• Dybowskyia reticulata ( Dallas, 1851)
• Dyroderes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Eudolycoris alluaudi ( Noualhier, 1893)
• Eurydema eckerleini Josifov, 1961
• Eurydema gebleri Kolenati, 1846
• Eurydema herbacea ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1833)
• Eurydema lundbaldi Lindberg, 1960
• Eurydema nana Fuente, 1971
• Cabbage bug ( Eurydema oleracea) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Jewelry Bug ( Eurydema ornata ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eurydema sea Pericart & De la Rosa 2004
• Eurydema fieberi cheat, 1837
• Eurydema rotundicollis ( Dohrn, 1860)
• Eurydema rugulosa ( Dohrn, 1860)
• Eurydema cyanea (fever, 1864)
• Delicate vegetable bug ( Eurydema dominulus ) ( Scopoli, 1763)
• Eurydema maracandica Oshanin, 1871
• Eurydema spectabilis Horvath, 1882
• Eurydema ventralis Kolenati, 1846
• Eysarcoris aeneus ( Scopoli, 1763)
• Eysarcoris ventralis ( Westwood, 1837)
• Eysarcoris venustissimus ( Cabinet, 1776)
• Graphosoma interruptum White, 1839
• Streifenwanze ( graphosoma lineatum ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Graphosoma melanoxanthum Horvath, 1903
• Graphosoma semipunctatum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Marbled stinkbug ( Halyomorpha halys ) ( Stål, 1855)
• Holcogaster fibulata ( Germar, 1831)
• Holcostethus albipes (Fabricius, 1781)
• Holcostethus evae Ribes, 1988
• Holcostethus sphacelatus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Jalla dumosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leprosoma inconspicuum Baerensprung, 1859
• Leprosoma stali Douglas & Scott, 1868
• Leprosoma tuberculatum Yakovlev, 1874
• Macrorhaphis acuta Dallas, 1851
• Mecidea lindbergi Wagner, 1954
• Mecidea pallidissima Jensen Haarup, 1922
• Menaccarus arenicola ( Scholz, 1847)
• Menaccarus deserticola Yakovlev, 1900
• Menaccarus dohrnianus ( Mulsant & Rey, 1866)
• Menaccarus turolensis Fuente, 1971
• Mustha spinosula ( Lefebvre, 1831)
• Neostrachia bisignata (Walker, 1867)
• Neottiglossa bifida (A. Costa, 1847)
• Neottiglossa flavomarginata (Lucas, 1849)
• Neottiglossa leporina ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1830)
• Neottiglossa lineolata ( Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
• Neottiglossa pusilla ( Gmelin, 1790)
• Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Palomena formosa Vidal, 1940
• Green stink bug ( Palomena prasina ) (Linnaeus, 1761 )
• Palomena viridissima ( Poda, 1761 )
• Rotbeinige stinkbug ( Pentatoma rufipes ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Peribalus congenitus Putshkov, 1965
• Peribalus inclusus ( Dohrn, 1860)
• Peribalus strictus (Fabricius, 1803)
• Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Bidentate thorn bug ( Picromerus bidens ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Picromerus brachypterus Ahmad & Onder, 1990
• Picromerus conformis ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1841)
• Picromerus nigridens (Fabricius, 1803)
• Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Piezodorus punctipes Puton, 1889
• Piezodorus teretipes ( Stål, 1865)
• Pinthaeus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1781)
• Podops annulicornis Yakovlev, 1877
• Podops curvidens Costa, 1843
• Podops rectidens Horvath, 1883
• Podops dilatatus Puton, 1873
• Podops calligerus Horvath, 1887
• Podops inunctus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Putonia torrida Stål, 1872
• Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Grey Garden Bug ( Rhaphigaster nebulosa ) ( Poda, 1761 )
• Rubiconia intermedia ( Wolff, 1811)
• Schyzops aegyptiaca ( Lefebvre, 1831)
• Sciocoris homalonotus fever, 1851
• Sciocoris luteolus fever, 1861
• Sciocoris macrocephalus fever, 1851
• Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor, 1860
• Sciocoris pictus Wagner, 1959
• Sciocoris umbrinus (Wolff, 1804)
• Sciocoris conspurcatus Klug, 1845
• Sciocoris maculatus fever, 1851
• Sciocoris modestus Horvath, 1903
• Sciocoris orientalis Linnavuori, 1960
• Sciocoris pallens Klug, 1845
• Sciocoris sideritidis Wollaston, 1858
• Sciocoris angusticollis Puton, 1895
• Sciocoriscanariensis Lindberg, 1953
• Sciocoris convexiusculus Puton, 1874
• Sciocoris angularis Puton, 1889
• Sciocoris cursitans (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sciocoris deltocephalus fever, 1861
• Sciocoris distinctus fever, 1851
• Sciocoris galiberti Ribaut, 1926
• Sciocoris helferi fever, 1851
• Sciocoris hoberlandti Wagner, 1954
• Sciocoris ochraceus fever, 1861
• Sciocoris pentheri Wagner, 1953
• Sciocoris sulcatus fever, 1851
• Scotinophara sicula (A. Costa, 1841)
• Scotinophara Subalpina (mountain Roth, 1893)
• Stagonomus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Stagonomus Devius Seidenstucker, 1965
• Stagonomus grenieri ( Signoret, 1865)
• Stagonomus amoenus ( Brullé, 1832)
• Staria lunate (Hahn, 1835)
• Stenozygum coloratum ( Klug, 1845)
• Sternodontus binodulus Yakovlev, 1893
• Mulsant & Rey Sternodontus obtusus, 1856
• Tarisa dimidiatipes Puton, 1874
• Tarisa elevata Reuter, 1901
• Amyot & Serville tarisa flavescens, 1843
• Tarisa pallescens Yakovlev, 1871
• Tarisa salsolae Kerzhner, 1964
• Tarisa subspinosa ( Germar, 1839)
• Tholagmus flavolineatus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Tholagmus strigatus ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1835)
• Trochiscocoris hemipterus ( Yakovlev, 1879)
• Trochiscocoris rotundatus Horvath, 1895
• Pot belly bug ( Troilus luridus ) ( Fabricius, 1775)
• Ventocoris achivus ( Horvath, 1889)
• Ventocoris falcatus ( Cyrillus, 1791)
• Ventocoris fischeri ( Herrich -Schäffer, 1851)
• Ventocoris halophilum ( Yakovlev, 1874)
• Ventocoris modestus ( Yakovlev, 1880)
• Ventocoris philalyssum ( Kiritshenko, 1916)
• Ventocoris ramburi ( Horvath, 1908)
• Ventocoris rusticus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Ventocoris trigonus ( Krynicki, 1871)
• Vilpianus galii (Wolff, 1802)
• Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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