Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Podisus sordidus
Chinche, Stink bug
Predator on insects?; Distributed in arid to pampa zone and urban areas; in litter, around boulders, at light; March-June, December.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Pentatomoidea
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Podisus
Species
sordidus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzon, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour.
- Barber, H.G (1925) Hemiptera - Heteroptera from the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(21): 241-254.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Podisus sordidus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6826. Accessed 1 November 2026.