Mormidea ypsilon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Tribe: | Pentatomini |
| Genus: | Mormidea |
| Species: | M. ypsilon
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| Mormidea ypsilon (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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
[edit]This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and named Cimex ypsilon.[1]
Description
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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
[edit]This species is present in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, British Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Uruguay and the Lesser Antilles.[2][3]
Reference
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- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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.