Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)

Cimex viridulus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), 1 444.

Cimex smaragdulus Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Ent., 711.

Cimex torquatus Fabricius, 1775, op. cit, 710.

Cimex transversus Thunberg, 1783, Diss. Ent. Nov. Ins. Sp. 2: 40.

Cimex variabilis Villers, 1789 (partim), Linn. Ent., 1: 505.

Cimex spirans Fabricius, 1798, Ent. Syst, Suppl., 533.

Cimex viridissimus Wolff, 1802, Icones Cimicum, 2: 55; pl. 6, f. 52.

Pentatoma torquata (Fabr.) Latrerlle, 1804, Hist. nat. Crust. Ins., 12: 190.

Pentatoma flavicollis Palisot de Beauvois, 1805, Ins. rec. en Afr. et en Amér., 185; pl. 11, f. 5 (flavicornis in plate).

Pentatoma smaragdula (Fabr.) Dufour, 1833, Recher. Hemipt., 157.

Rhaphigaster smaragdulus (Fabr.) Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835, Nomen. Ent, 1 57.

Rhapigaster torquatus (Fabr.) Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835, loc. cit.; 1839, Wanzenart. Ins, 4: 100.

Pentatoma oblonga Westwood, 1847, Cat. Hem. Coll. Hope, pt. 1: 37.

Pentatoma unicolor Westwood, 1837, op. cit., 38.

Pentatoma berylina Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma subsericea Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma leit Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma 3-punctigera Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma proxima Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma chinensis Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma chloris Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Pentatoma chlorocephala Westwood, 1837, op. cit, 39.

Pentatoma propinqua Westwood, 1837, ibid.

Cimex hemichloris German, 1837, Rev. Ent., 5. 166.

Nezara smaragdula (Fabr.) Amyot and Serville, 1843, op. cit. (Hist. nat.), 143.

Nezara approximata Reiche and Farimaire, 1849, Voy cn Abyssin., Hemipt., 3 443.

Pentatoma plicaticollis Lucas, 1849, Hist. nat. des. Anim. artic., 3: 87; pl. 3, f. 9.

Rhaphigaster subsericeus (Westwood) Dallas, 1851, List Hem. Ins. Brit. Mus., pt. 1: 275.

Rhaphigaster orbus Stål, 1853, öfv. Kongl. sv. Vet. Akad. Förhandl., 10: 221.

Nezara viridula (Linn.) Stål, 1865, Hemiptera Africana, 1: 193–194. Distant, 1880, Biol. Centr-Amer., Rhynch., 1: 78 (synonymy). Kirkaldy, 1909, Cat. Hem. (Het.), 1. 117, 381 (synonymy, dist.). Paishley, 1915, Psyche, 5 (5): 107 (distinguished from related spp.). Froggatt, 1916, Agr. Gaz. N. S. W., 27 (9): 649–650, 1 pl. (life-hist Australian record). Jones, 1918, U.S. Dept. Agr. Bull., 689: 1–27, f. 1–14 (life-hist and biol.). Myers, 1926, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 56: 488, 498–499 (points out the probable identity of Walker's specimens (1867) with Zangis amyoti (White)). Tillyard, 1926, Ins. Aust. N.Z., 149; 41, f. A20. Myers and China, 1928, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (10) 1: 384 (Walker's specimens in Brit. Mus. examined and shown to be all Zangis amyoti (White); pointed out that there is no evidence N. viridula (Linn.) occurred in N.Z. up to time of writing). Miller, 1931. Dept Agr. Straits Settl. & Fed. Malay States Sci Ser, no. 5 38–53, f. 34–42 (host-plants, 1-hist., refs to lit.) Malouf, 1933, Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte, 17: 96–119, 7 pls., 1 f. (internal anatomy). Zeck, 1933, Agr. Gaz. N.S.W., 44: 591–594; 675–682 (life-hist., etc.) Freeman, 1940, Trans R ent. Soc. Lond. 90 (12): 351, 353, 354, 356, 372, 357–360, f. 1, 8, 13, 21, 22 (redescription of sp and vars, localities; synonymy) Gellatley, 1949, Agr. Gaz. N.S.W, 60 (9): 458 (control by sprays). Ent. branch, Dept. Agr, N. S. W. 1949. op. cit. 60 (2): 96–97 (life-hist; control). Cumber, 1949, N. Z. Journ. Agr, 79 (6): 563–564, figs. (record of occurrence in N. Z., life-hist., feeding, parasites, localities). 1951, N.Z. Journ Sci Tech., 32B (5): 30–37 (biol. of sp. and parasite). Everett, 1950, N. Z. Journ Agr., 80 (2): 145–146 (spread in N.Z.) Chadwick, in MS., submitted to Roy. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. (history of distribution in Australia; differences from other Aust Pentatomids)

Nezara prasina Mulsant and Rey; 1866. Hist. nat. des. Punaiscs de Fr., 1 295.

Pentatoma vicaria Walker. 1867, Cat. Spec. Het. Hem. Coll. Brit. Mus., pt. 2: 303.

Nezara viridis Scott, 1874. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4) 14. 290.