Caribo Rolston

Tribal Placement: This genus is considered to be related to Euschistus and allied genera which are tentatively placed in the Carpocorini.

Included Species:
fasciatus Rolston, 1984
maculatus Rider, 1988
subgibbus Rolston, 1984

Comments: Rolston (1984) erected this genus to hold two previously undescribed species. Rider (1988) added a third species and provided a key for their identification.

1 Male pygophore with mesial emargination of inferior ridge relatively broad, sides parallel; rostrum at most reaching anterior margin of third (second visible) abdominal sternite (Puerto Rico)	maculatus Rider
- Male pygophore with mesial emargination of inferior ridge relatively narrow, sides sinuous; rostrum reaching to and usually past posterior margin of third (second visible) abdominal sternite	2

2(1) Pronotum with a clearly defined, sparsely punctate transverse band posterior to cicatrices; antennal segments 2-3 lacking fuscous spots (Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)	fasciatus Rolston
- Pronotum without a clearly defined transverse band posterior to cicatrices; antennal segments 2-3 with small pale fuscous spots (Bahama Islands)	subgibbus Rolston

Rider, D. A. 1988. A new species of Caribo Rolston from Puerto Rico (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist 71(1): 8-11. [PDF]

Rolston, L. H. and F. J. D. McDonald. 1984. A conspectus of Pentatomini of the western hemisphere. Part 3 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 92(1): 69-86.

David A. Rider
Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.edu