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Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug)

Synonyms: Cimex smaragdulus; Cimex torquatus; Cimex viridula (homotypic); Nezara smaragdulus; Nezara viridula var. torquata

Wikipedia Abstract

Nezara viridula, commonly known as the southern green stink bug (USA), Southern green shield bug (UK) or green vegetable bug (Australia and New Zealand), is a plant-feeding stink bug. Although believed to have originated in Ethiopia, it can now be found around the world. Because of its preference for certain species of legumes, such as beans and soybeans, it is an economically important pest on such crops.
View Wikipedia Record: Nezara viridula

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 1236 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates      

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Hercinothrips bicinctus (Banana-silvering thrip)1
Pseudococcus hypergaeus2
Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling)1
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)1

Predators

Cichladusa arquata (Collared Palm Thrush)[3]
Efferia pogonias (Robber fly)[4]
Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Florida predatory stink bug)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Trichopoda lanipes[1]
Trichopoda pennipes (Tachina fly)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
4Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
5Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), Frank W. Mead (retired), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, and David B. Richman, University of Florida, October 2000. Latest revision: May 2013
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0