Podisus (lat.) - a genus of bugs from the family of insects ( Pentatomidae ). There are 34 species [1] . Distributed in North America . Nymphs and adults lead a predatory lifestyle. 75 species of insects from 41 families of 8 orders feed on insects [2] . Used to control the number of insect pests of crops [3] .
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 Imago Podisus maculiventris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer , 1851 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Podisus aenescens (Stål, 1860)
- Podisus australis Berg, 1879
- Podisus borinquensis barber
- Podisus distinctus (Stål, 1860)
- Podisus fretus Olsen, 1916
- Podisus fuscescens (Dallas, 1851)
- Podisus gillettei Uhler, 1895
- Podisus jole (Stål, 1862)
- Podisus maculiventris (Say, 1832)
- Podisus modestus (Dallas, 1851)
- Podisus mucronatus Uhler, 1897
- Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas, 1851)
- Podisus placidus Uhler, 1870
- Podisus sagitta (Fabricius, 1794)
- Podisus serieventris Uhler, 1871
- Podisus sigitta (Fabricius, 1794)
- Podisus subferrugineus Barber & Bruner, 1932
- Podisus vittipennis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851
Gallery
Masonry Podisus placidus
Nymph Podisus maculiventris
Nymph attacking a caterpillar
Copulation of Podisus placidus
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Genus information on bugguide.net (English) (Retrieved March 8, 2011)
- ↑ McPherson JE Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America .. - Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.- 240 p.
- ↑ De Clercq, P., Merlevede, F., Mestdagh, I., Vandendurpel, K., Mohaghegh, J., Degheele, D. (1998). Predation on the tomato looper Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper) (Lep., Noctuidae) by Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Het., Pentatomidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 122 : 93-98. DOI : 10.1111 / j.1439-0418.1998.tb01468.x