An update of the distribution of the stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Argentina

Pentatomidae is one of the largest families within Heteroptera, and it represented in all zoogeographical regions, although tropical subtropical faunas are most diverse. The field trips carried out recent years several localities Argentina allow to update distribution stink bugs country. In this contribution, genera Cataulax Spinola Grazia Rolston, species Acledra breviscutata Breddin, Banasa peruana Thomas, dolabrata froeschneri Grazia, Campos & Becker, tincta (Distant), Mayrinia variegata Mitripus acutus (Dallas), Tylospilus peruvianus (Horváth), recorded for first time from Argentina. characters used identification these provided. addition, geographic other 27 pentatomid expanded new records host plants reported Alveostethus pseudopolitus (Ruckes), Antiteuchus mixtus (Fabricius) Pellaea stictica (Dallas)