''Cyptocephala bimini'' is a species of stink bug.

Description

The antennae are usually a solid light green or tan color. Sometimes, the tip of the third segment and the last two segments are dark green. In rare cases, segments 4 and 5 have a broad, light reddish-brown band near the tip. The area behind the head (

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

) does not have any noticeable markings or dips between the shoulders. The sides of the head narrow slightly between the area in front of the eyes and the smoothly rounded tip. Its front edges are mostly straight, only slightly curved outward. The triangular plate on the back ( scutellum) is about 30-38% of its base width at a specific point. The sides of the body (pleura) are smooth, without raised areas. The body length, not counting the wings, is between 6.5 and 8.8 mm. The space between the 9th pair of body segments is about 1.5 to 2 times the length of the 10th segment. The base plates have a slight bump in the middle. A ridge on the sides of the genital area is partially visible inside, near the

paramere Parameres ('side parts') are part of the external reproductive organs of male insects and the term was first used by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff, Verhoeff in 1893 for the lateral genital lobes in Coleoptera. The primary phallic lobes which appear in th ...

s (male reproductive structures). The lower edge of the parameres has a leaf-like shape. ''Cyptocephala bimini'' looks very similar to ''

Cyptocephala pallida ''Cyptocephala'' is a genus of Pentatomoidea, shield bugs described by Carlos Berg, Berg in 1883. They range from North to South America. Range The United States of America, Mexico, and South America. Species There are six known species of ...

'', a related species that lives in similar areas. The main way to tell them apart is by their reproductive structures. However, they also have slight differences in antenna color, the shape of the head in front of the eyes, and the contour of the edges near the front of the pronotum.

Range

This species lives in the Bahamas (including Cat Island, Long Island, Grand Bahama, Mayaguana, New Providence, Rum Cay, and South Bimini), as well as in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Florida (Dade and Monroe counties), Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Taxonomy

Originally described as ''Thyanta bimini'' by Ruckes in 1952.

References

Insects described in 1952 Pentatomidae {{Pentatomoidea-stub