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Oechalia schellembergii

Schellembergs Soldier Bug

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Schellembergs Soldier Bug

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent?, Naturalised, or Native?; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Biocontrol - origin?

KEY FEATURES: A beneficial insect

SIMILAR SPECIES: Platynopsis melacanthus and Piezodorus rubrofasciatus, the former has a light coloured transverse spot on the back of the forewings on the midline, the latter has a rounded body and no spot.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Oechalia schellembergii (Guérin-Méneville)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; PENTATOMIDAE

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Biocontrol - origin?. Comments: Introduction not recorded (W&D79). May therefore be Native?

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: UN-SPEC79; fieldspecimen+photo, 4/2005, Maja Poeschko, ID G.McCormack 6/2005 using Web as probablyOechalia schellembergii. Aitutaki: UN-SPEC79;

References:
Special Reference: PM79, W&D79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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