Mormidea ypsilon

Mormidea ypsilon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Tribe:	Pentatomini
Genus:	Mormidea
Species:	M. ypsilon
Binomial name
Mormidea ypsilon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cimex ypsilonLinnaeus, 1758

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

Illustration in Biologia Centrali-Americana of Mormidea ypsilon

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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.