The genus Halyomorpha Mayr, 1864 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Cappaeini) was established based on a single species, Halys timorensis Westwood, 1837 (currently junior subjective synonym of picus (Fabricius, 1794)). examination the voucher specimens identifi ed as by syntype timorensis, and syntypes Pentatoma halys Stål, 1855 revealed that: i) (Westwood), stat. restit., mu...

The following new synonymies within the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae, are established: Aesula Stål, 1876 = Pseudacrosternum Day, 1965, syn. nov. (Nezarini), Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861) = Aesula signoretiana Kirkaldy, 1909, syn. nov. = Pseudacrosternum cachani Day, 1965, syn. nov. = Pseudacrosternum cachani var. scutellatum Day, 1965, syn. nov., and Andocides vittaticeps (...

Regardless of rich biodiversity, cytogenetic reports on Pentatomidae refer to less than 400 species. This paper reports, for the first time, course of meiosis of three species of subfamily Pentatominae viz., Tolumnia antennata Distant, Cahara jugatoria (Lethierry) and Cahara confusa (Distant). Species-specific variations observed with respect to association pattern of X and Y during prophase, a...

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New records of genera and species of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Colombia are provided. Two genera are new records for South America: Alathetus and Schraderiellus. Fifteen genera are new record for Colombia: Agaclitus, Boea, Ceratozygum, Euthyrhynchus, Eritrachys, Doesburguedessa, Lopadusa, Marmessulus, Paralincus, Patanius, Peromatus, Phalaecus, Phoeacia, Rio, and Tyrannocoris. F...

Pentatomidae is the third largest family of true bugs, comprising over 40 tribes. Few tribes have been studied in a phylogenetic context, and none them examined using molecular data. Moreover, little known about evolution key morphological characters widely used taxonomic studies at multiple levels. Here, we conduct study tribe Chlorocorini (Pentatominae) combining 69 five DNA loci. We use infe...

Five genera and ten species of the tribe Aeliini Still from the Indo-Pakistan region are keyed, compared to their closest allies and their geographical distribution given. A description of all the above genera and species of Adria St?l and Bonacialus Distant has been given. These species, including two new species of Adria, are described with special reference to their metathoracic scent ...

Interdomain symbioses with bacteria allow insects to take advantage of underutilized niches and provide the foundation for their evolutionary success in neotropical ecosystems. The gut microbiota of 13 micro-allopatric tropical pentatomid species, from a Costa Rican lowland rainforest, was characterized and compared with insect and host plant phylogenies. Like other families within the Pentatom...