Mormidea ypsilon
| Mormidea ypsilon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Tribe: | Pentatomini |
| Genus: | Mormidea |
| Species: | M. ypsilon
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| Binomial name | |
| Mormidea ypsilon (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Mormidea ypsilon is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae found in Mexico, Central and South American countries as well as the Lesser Antilles.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and named Cimex ypsilon.[1]
Description
The length of this beetle is between 7 and 9 mm. It is coloured brown with yellow hints and has a prominent pale cream to yellow Y shaped mark on the scutellum. The shoulders of the pronotum may be narrowly rounded or alternatively have spines.[2]
Distribution
This species is present in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, British Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Uruguay and the Lesser Antilles.[2][3]
Reference
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- ^ Carl Linnaeus; Lars Salvius (1785), Systema Naturæ: Per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis (in Latin) (10th ed.), Stockholm: Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, p. 443, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.542, OCLC 220618172, Wikidata Q4547210 BHL page 727354
- ^ a b L. H. Rolston (1978). "A Revision of the Genus Mormidea (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 86 (3): 210–211. ISSN 0028-7199. JSTOR 25009112. Wikidata Q107537357. BHL page 52171536
- ^ María C. Melo; Gimena Dellapé; Leonela Olivera; Pablo S. Varela; Sara I. Montemayor; Pablo M. Dellapé (22 September 2017). "Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina". Check List. 13 (5): 500. doi:10.15560/13.5.479. ISSN 1809-127X. Wikidata Q60327600.