Brochymena

Brochymena
Brochymena arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Tribe:	Halyini
Genus:	Brochymena Amyot & Serville, 1843
Synonyms
Parabrochymena

Brochymena in its natural habitat

Brochymena is a genus of insects, sometimes known as the rough stink bugs. They belong to the shield bug family, and are easily confused with the similar-looking brown marmorated stink bug.

Species

• Brochymena affinis Van Duzee, 1904
• Brochymena apiculata Van Duzee, 1923
• Brochymena arborea (Say, 1825)
• Brochymena barberi Ruckes, 1939
• Brochymena cariosa Stål, 1872
• Brochymena carolinensis (Westwood, 1837)
• Brochymena chelonoides Ruckes, 1957
• Brochymena dilata Ruckes, 1939
• Brochymena exardentia Ruckes, 1961
• Brochymena florida Ruckes, 1939
• Brochymena haedula Stål, 1862
• Brochymena hoppingi Van Duzee, 1921
• Brochymena laevigata Ruckes, 1957
• Brochymena lineata Ruckes, 1939
• Brochymena marginella Stål, 1872
• Brochymena myops Stål, 1872
• Brochymena parva Ruckes, 1946
• Brochymena pilatei Van Duzee, 1934
• Brochymena poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
• Brochymena punctata Van Duzee, 1909
• Brochymena quadripustulata (Fabricius, 1775) (four-humped stink bug)
• Brochymena sulcata Van Duzee, 1918

References

• "Genus Brochymena". BugGuide, Iowa State University Entomology Department. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
• Larivière, Marie-Claude (1994). "Parabrochymena Larivière (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Systematics, natural history, chorological affinities, and evolutionary relationships, with a biogeographic analysis of Parabrochymena and Brochymena Amyot and Audinet-Serville". The Canadian Entomologist. 126 (5): 1193–1250. doi:10.4039/Ent1261193-5.

External links

• Bugguide.net
• Video of Brochymena from Colorado