Megacopta cribraria

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The stinkbug Megacopta cribraria is a pest on soybeans in many parts of Asia and has recently invaded North America, where it is spreading rapidly in the Southeastern United States. The bugs are born symbiont free and then immediately feed on symbiont housing capsules left near the eggs by their mothers. This allows for easy comparison of symbiont-free and symbiont-harboring insects. Work on Japanese populations suggests that the symbiont genotype dictates whether a Megacopta can or cannot use soybeans. The symbiont genome has been sequenced. M. cribraria are easily reared in the lab. Nicole Gerardo

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Megacopta cribraria
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Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Plataspidae
Genus: Megacopta
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 299257
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Date: 2011/07/30


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