Stiretrus decemguttatus

Stiretrus decemguttatus
Scientific 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]

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]

References

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.