Eysarcoris is a genus of shield bugs belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae,[2][3] and typical of the tribe Eysarcorini.

Eysarcoris
Eysarcoris aeneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Tribe: Eysarcorini
Genus: Eysarcoris
Hahn, 1834[1]
Synonyms
  • Analocus Stål, 1872
  • Bainbriggeanus Distant, 1918
  • Gobisa Gorski, 1852
  • Neocarbula Distant, 1918
  • Neostollia Distant, 1910
  • Stollia Ellenrieder, 1862

Description

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Stink bugs of this genus are relatively small (<6 mm in length) and obovate in shape. There is a dense covering of punctures on much of the body. The head and the ventral surface of the thorax are covered with club-shaped hairs.[4]

Eysarcoris belongs to a group of stink bugs (also including Sepontia, Spermatodes and Stagonomus) which have a broad scutellum and an auriculate/spine-like process anterior to the scent gland opening, and do not have a median sulcus in the thoracic sterna.[4]

Ecology

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Eysarcoris are herbivores that live on various plants.[4]

Some Eysarcoris are plant pests: E. guttiger is a pest of soybean and sesame,[5] while E. trimaculatus and E. ventralis are pests of rice.[6]

Research

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The mitochondrial genomes of various Eysarcoris species have been sequenced.[7][8][9]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1834). Die wanzenartigen Insecten. Vol. 2. p. 66.
  2. ^ "Eysarcoris Hahn, 1834". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  3. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Genus: Eysarcoris". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. ^ a b c Wood, I.; McDonald, F. J. D. (1984). "Revision of the Australian Eysarcoris Group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 23 (4): 253–264. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1984.tb01957.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
  5. ^ "Eysarcoris guttiger (two spotted sesame bug)". CABI Compendium. 2022. doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.23797. S2CID 253919059. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  6. ^ Jalaeian, Mahdi; Zamani, Sheyvan; Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa (2019-08-10). "First report of damage caused by white-spotted stink bug, Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood) (Hem.: Pentatomidae) on rice in Iran". Journal of Crop Protection. 8 (4): 521–525.
  7. ^ Zhao, Qing; Chen, Chao; Liu, Juan; Wei, Jiufeng (2019-07-03). "Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Eysarcoris aeneus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with its phylogenetic analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (2): 2096–2097. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1622465. ISSN 2380-2359. PMC 7687418. PMID 33365424.
  8. ^ Chen, Qianquan; Niu, Xiaojuan; Fang, Zheng; Weng, Qingbei (2020-01-02). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Eysarcoris guttigerus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (1): 687–688. doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1714498. ISSN 2380-2359. PMC 7748604. PMID 33366704.
  9. ^ Li, Rongrong; Li, Min; Yan, Jiang; Bai, Ming; Zhang, Hufang (2021-06-30). "Five Mitochondrial Genomes of the Genus Eysarcoris Hahn, 1834 with Phylogenetic Implications for the Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Insects. 12 (7): 597. doi:10.3390/insects12070597. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 8306050. PMID 34209052.
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