Agonoscelis puberula

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Agonoscelis puberula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Tribe: Agonoscelidini
Genus: Agonoscelis
Species:
A. puberula
Binomial name
Agonoscelis puberula
Stål, 1853

Agonoscelis puberula, the African cluster bug, is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is native to Africa, but can now found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America. [1] The earliest record of this species in the Western Hemisphere was from 1985. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Agonoscelis puberula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Agonoscelis puberula species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Agonoscelis puberula". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Agonoscelis puberula Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. Thomas, Donald B.; Eger, Joseph E.; Jones, Walker; Ortega-Leon, Guillermina (2003). "The African Cluster Bug, Agonoscelis puberula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Established in the New World". The Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 151–153. doi: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0151:TACBAP]2.0.CO;2 . ISSN   0015-4040. JSTOR   3496275 . Retrieved 2 January 2023.