Thyanta (genus)

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Thyanta custator (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Thyanta Stål, 1862

The genus contains around 40 species of stink bugs found in different parts of America. Several are considered agricultural pests which attack a variety of crops. The genus is characterized by the lack of a spine or tubercle at the base of the 2nd visible abdominal segment. The ostiolar canal (the exit duct of the stink gland) is elongated.

Type species: Thyanta perditor

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Thyanta custator
• Thyanta pallidovirens
• Thyanta perditor