Gynenica Explained

Gynenica is a genus of stink bug with about fourteen species in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. It is one of four genera placed in the tribe Lestonocorini along with Lestonocoris, Neogynenica, and Umgababa that occur in Africa and India and feed on plants in the family Acanthaceae.^[1] Bugs in the genus have the pronotum tips extended into forward and upward curving spines. The scutellum is longer than broad, the apex with a rounded point and not reaching beyond the middle of the abdomen.^[2]

Species in the genus include:^{[3] [4]}

• Gynenica affinis
• Gynenica alami
• Gynenica basilewskyi
• Gynenica capeneri
• Gynenica carayoni
• Gynenica chinai
• Gynenica funerea
• Gynenica ghaurii
• Gynenica kavirondo
• Gynenica malaisi
• Gynenica marginella
• Gynenica occidentalis
• Gynenica rustica
• Gynenica tellini
• Gynenica vicaria

Notes and References

1. A cladistic analysis of the genera of the Lestonocorini (Hemiptera) Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Schaefer, Carl W. . Ahmad, Imtiaz . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 1987. 89. 444–447.
2. Book: Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. Volume I. Distant, W.L. . 188. Taylor and Francis. London. 1902.
3. Leston, D. . Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae (Hem.): VII A review of Gynenica Dallas 1851.. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines . 48. 3–4 . 1953. 179–195.
4. Mathew, Koshy. 1980. A new species of Gynenica from South India (Heteroptera : Pentatomidae). Oriental Insects. 14. 3. 379–382. 10.1080/00305316.1980.10434816 .