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{{Publication
|Publication authors=[[Glynn Tillman|P. Glynn Tillman]]
|Author Page=Glynn Tillman
|Publication date=2013
|dc:title= Stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), a leaffooted bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae), and their predators in sorghum in Georgia
|Publication journal=Journal of Entomological Science
|prism:volume=48 (1)
|prism:startingPage=9
|Last page=16
|DOI=10.18474/0749-8004-48.1.9
|Publication abstract= The objective of this 4-yr study was to determine species composition and abundance of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and a leaffooted bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and their predators in sorghum [''Sorghum bicolor'' (L.) Moench spp. ''bicolor''] in Georgia. ''Nezara viridula'' (L.) was the predominant species in sorghum; density of this stink bug was twice as high as that of the second most abundant stink bug, ''Oebalus pugnax pugnax'' (F.). ''Euschistus servus'' (Say) was the third most abundant stink bug species. Density of both ''Leptoglossus phyllopus'' (L.) and ''Euschistus quadrator'' (Rolston) was about half that of ''E. servus''. ''Chinavia hilaris'' (Say), ''Thyanta custator custator'' (F.), ''Euschistus tristigmus'' (Say), ''Euschistus ictericus'' (L.), and ''Piezodorus guildinii'' (Westwood) were minor pests in sorghum. Adult bugs primarily fed on developing seed. For all bug species, except ''E. tristigmus'' and ''E. ictericus'', sorghum served as a reproductive host plant. In order of descending overall abundance, bug predators present in sorghum were ''Orius insidiosus'' (Say), ''Geocoris'' spp. [''Geocoris punctipes'' (Say) and ''G. uliginosus'' (Say)], lady beetle species, i.e., ''Hippodamia convergens'' Guerin-Meneville, ''Coccinella septempunctata'' (L.), ''Coleomegilla maculata'' (De Geer), and ''Harmonia axyridis'' (Pallas), spiders, i.e., ''Peucetia viridans'' (Hentz), ''Oxyopes salticus'' Hentz, and spiders in the Salticidae and Thomisidae families, ''Solenopsis invicta'' Buren, ''Podisus maculiventris'' (Say), ''Sinea diadema'' (F.), and ''Nabis'' spp. Conserving these natural enemies of panicle-feeding bugs in sorghum could possibly be used in management of these bugs in southeastern farmscapes.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=surveys/sampling/distribution
|Is book=No
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{{Pest record
|Pest=Nezara viridula
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Piezodorus guildinii
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Euschistus servus
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Chinavia hilaris
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Euschistus tristigmus
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Leptoglossus phyllopus
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Oebalus pugnax
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Euschistus quadrator
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Thyanta custator
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Euschistus ictericus
|Crop=Sorghum (crop)
|Country=U.S.A. (SE)
|Quarantined=No
}}