Proxys

Proxys is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about six described species in Proxys.[1][2][3]

Proxys victor

Proxys
Proxys punctulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Carpocorini
Genus: Proxys
Spinola, 1840

Species

These six species belong to the genus Proxys:

  • Proxys albopunctata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
  • Proxys albopunctulatus (Palisot, 1811)
  • Proxys geniculatus Stål, 1862
  • Proxys obtusicornis Stål, 1872
  • Proxys punctulatus (Palisot, 1818) (black stink bug)
  • Proxys victor (Fabricius, 1775)

References
  1. "Proxys Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Proxys". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-9071912283.
  • McPherson, J. E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809310401.
  • Media related to Proxys at Wikimedia Commons


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