Mecidea

TaxID: 2493834

Basic Information

Mecidea

Narrow Stink Bug

Mecidea is a genus of narrow stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are eight described species in Mecidea. Species within this genus feed on grasses like Sideoats grama and there have been some record of this genus eating Asteraceae. They are the only genus within the Mecideini taxonomic tribe to live in the New world.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Pentatomidae

Mecidea

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Shaun Swanepoel@BY

Morphological Features

Elongate, slender, pale yellowish species with stridulatory areas on each side of the ventral surface of the abdomen.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other

No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (140 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SICOD883-19 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 658 Dominican Republic 2004-04-17 19.8367, -71.6322
SICOD882-19 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 658 Dominican Republic 2004-04-23 -
GMRMZ403-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 567 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMZ402-14 BOLD:AAG8917 COI-5P 582 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMZ401-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 540 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMZ400-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 546 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMZ399-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 582 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMZ013-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 579 United States 2014-08-15 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMY003-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 579 United States 2014-08-08 32.8263, -117.134
GMRMY002-14 BOLD:AAG8922 COI-5P 567 United States 2014-08-08 32.8263, -117.134
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