Dichelops melacanthus

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Author(s): Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Source: IPM Images

Dichelops melacanthus Dallas, 1851

This green-belly stink bug is found in South and Central America. It has been regarded as rare before 1990, but has become a serious pest of soybean, maize, and wheat crops, mainly in Brazil and Argentina. Other types of crops may also be attacked.

Vernacular names
• English: Green-belly stink bug
• Português: percevejo-barriga-verde

See also the closely related Dichelops furcatus, another green-belly stink bug.