Mormidea ypsilon

Mormidea ypsilon is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae found in Mexico, Central and South American countries as well as the Lesser Antilles.

Mormidea ypsilon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Tribe:	Pentatomini
Genus:	Mormidea
Species:	M. ypsilon
Binomial name
Mormidea ypsilon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cimex ypsilon Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and named Cimex ypsilon.^[1]

Description

Illustration in Biologia Centrali-Americana of Mormidea ypsilon

The length of this beetle is between 7 and 9 mm. It is coloured brown with yellow hints and has a prominent pale cream to yellow Y shaped mark on the scutellum. The shoulders of the pronotum may be narrowly rounded or alternatively have spines.^[2]

Distribution

This species is present in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, British Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Uruguay and the Lesser Antilles.^[2][3]