Agonoscelis nubilis (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Cimex nubilis Fabricius, 1875
Halys nubila Fabricius, 1803
Pentatoma grata Palisot de Beauvois, 1811
Aelia nubila Hahn, 1836
Agonoscelis indica Spinola, 1837
Aelia crucifera Westwood, 1837
Nevroscia grata Amyot & Serville, 1843
Nevroscia nubila Amyot & Serville, 1843
Agonoscelis nubila Herrich-Schäffer, 1844
Nevroscia sulciventris Ellenrieder, 1862
Taxonomic position
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae
Diagnosis
- Head distinctly longer than wide
- Mandibular plate long, enclose clypeus
- First segment of labium shorter than bacculae
- Pronotum with humeral angle narrowly rounded
- Apical lobe of scutellum gradually narrowed with sub-rounded apex
- Mesosternum carinated
- Metathorax with scent gland oval shaped, elongated blade-like peritreme and evaporatoria distinctly rugose
- Female posterior seventh abdominal sternum medially sulcate
Male genitalia
Pygophore quadrangular with dorso-median surface medially concave, inner side of posterior lateral margins with triangular process, ventro-posterior margin medially narrowly rounded, ventro-lateral lobes rounded; Paramere F shaped, inner process short with rounded apex.
Female genitalia
Spermatheca pump broad, tube-like, bulb spherical with three unequal sized finger-like process.
Biology
Not known
Host plants
Sandalwood, carrot, wheat, aniseed, coriander, cumin, Pennisetum typhoideum, Dolichos lablab (Chatterjee, 1934); Luecas aspera, Lucern (Ahmed et al., 2001); Maize (Lakshmishree & Nandita, 2017); Coriandrum sativum, Daucus carota, Pimpinella anisum, Helianthus sp., Humulus japonicus, Lablab purpureus (Thailand Nature Project, 2022)
Distribution
India (Chatterjee, 1934); China, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Rider, 2022)
Selected References
Ahmad, I., Siddiqui, A. S. & Kamaluddin. S. (2001). A revision of the lucern stinkbug genus Agonoscelis spinola (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) from Indo-Pakistan subcontinent with description of a new species from Sindh, Pakistan and their cladistic relationships. Proceedings of Pakistan Congress of Zoology, 21, 227-240.
Fabricius, J. C. (1775). Systema entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species; adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus et observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae, xxxii + 832pp.
Lakshmishree, C. & Nandita, S. (2017). Botanical pesticides – a major alternative to chemical pesticides: A review. Int. J. of Life Sciences, 5(4), 722-729.
Rider, D. (2022), Pentatomoidea Website. North Dakota State University, https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rider/Pentatomoidea/Species_Agonoscelidini/Agonoscelis_nubilis.htm, Accessed on 14th Nov. 2022.
Thailand Nature Project (2022). https://www.thailandnatureproject.com/agonoscelis-nubilis.html, Accessed on 14th Nov. 2022.
