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Halyomorpha

Halyomorpha is a genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae and tribe Cappaeini, erected by G. Mayr. This genus probably has an Asian centre of origin, but Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug, is an invasive species with a world-wide distribution.

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Halyomorpha
Halyomorpha halys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Cappaeini
Genus: Halyomorpha
Mayr, 1864
Type species
Pentatoma halys
Stål, 18551
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) nymph
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) nymph source ↗

Halyomorpha is a genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Pentatominae and tribe Cappaeini, erected by G. Mayr.2 This genus probably has an Asian centre of origin, but Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug, is an invasive species with a world-wide distribution.3

Species

Species within this genus include:4

  • Halyomorpha angusticeps Bergroth, 1914
  • Halyomorpha angustisecta Linnavuori, 1982
  • Halyomorpha annulicornis (Signoret, 1858)
  • Halyomorpha azhari Ahmad & Zaidi, 1989
  • Halyomorpha bimaculata Bergroth, 1892
  • Halyomorpha canalana Distant, 1914
  • Halyomorpha capneri Leston, 1952
  • Halyomorpha carmona Linnavuori, 1982
  • Halyomorpha distanti Jeannel, 1913
  • Halyomorpha fletcheri Distant, 1918
  • Halyomorpha guttula (Ellenrieder, 1862)
  • Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) – brown marmorated stink bug
  • Halyomorpha hasani Rider & Rolston, 1995
  • Halyomorpha illuminata Distant, 1911
  • Halyomorpha javanica Hasan, 1993
  • Halyomorpha lata Breddin, 1899
  • Halyomorpha leopoldi Schouteden, 1903
  • Halyomorpha longiceps Breddin, 1900
  • Halyomorpha malleata (Distant, 1890)
  • Halyomorpha mayumbeensis Villiers, 1967
  • Halyomorpha murrea Distant, 1887
  • Halyomorpha ornativentris Breddin, 1900
  • Halyomorpha philippina Black, 1968
  • Halyomorpha picoides Linnavuori, 1975
  • Halyomorpha picticornis Bergroth, 1915
  • Halyomorpha picus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Halyomorpha punctata Cachan, 1952
  • Halyomorpha punjabensis Ahmad & Kamaluddin, 1977
  • Halyomorpha reflexa (Signoret, 1858)
  • Halyomorpha rugosa Schouteden, 1913
  • Halyomorpha schoutedeni Bergroth, 1913
  • Halyomorpha scutellata Distant, 1879
  • Halyomorpha seyidiensis Jeannel, 1913
  • Halyomorpha sinuata Hasan, 1993
  • Halyomorpha viridescens (Walker, 1867)
  • Halyomorpha viridinigra Breddin, 1901
  • Halyomorpha yasumatsui Abbasi & Ahmad, 1974
References

References

  1. Kment, Petr; Salini, S.; Redei, David; Rider, David (2021). "Halyomorpha halys fixed as the type species of the genus Halyomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: 615–630. doi:10.37520/aemnp.2021.031.
  2. Mayr GL (18640) in: Mayr, Gustav L. 1864. Diagnosen neuer Hemipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 14: 903–914.
  3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Halyomorpha G.Mayr, 1864 (retrieved 5 April 2023)
  4. Biolib.cz: genus Halyomorpha Mayr, 1864