Stiretrus decemguttatus

Stiretrus decemguttatus is a South American[3] species of true bug found on Ipomoea asarifolia, where it preys upon late instar Botanochara sedecimpustulata and Zatrephina lineata larvae. [4]

Stiretrus decemguttatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Stiretrus
Species:
S. decemguttatus
Binomial name
Stiretrus decemguttatus
LePeletier & Serville, 1828 [1]
Synonyms

Scutellera decemguttata (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828), Asopus chalybeus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836), Asopus chrysoprasinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838), Asopus coccineus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838), Stiretrus decacelis (Berg, 1883), Scutellera eupoda (Perty, 1833), Stiretrus flavatus (Horváth, 1911), Stiretrus flavomaculatus (Stål, 1870), Scutellera latipes (Perty, 1833), Stiretrus lythrodes (Germar, 1839)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stiretrus decemguttatus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ Dellapé, Pablo Matías; Martínez, Auria Paula; Coscarón, María Del Carmen (3 October 2003). "New distributional records for the asopine pentatomids in temperate South America". Zootaxa. 318 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.318.1.1. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ Paleari, Lucia Maria (March 2013). "Developmental biology, polymorphism and ecological aspects of Stiretrus decemguttatus (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), an important predator of cassidine beetles". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 57: 75–83. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262013000100012. hdl:11449/27246. ISSN 1806-9665.