Checklist of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) from São Paulo State, Brazil

Authors

  • Jocélia Grazia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal
  • Cristiano Feldens Schwertner Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas

Keywords:

stink bugs, pentatomids, biodiversity of the State of São Paulo, BIOTA/FAPESP Program

Abstract

Pentatomoidea knowledge in São Paulo state is here updated. Two hundred and two species in 92 genera belonging to Acanthosomatidae, Canopidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae and Thyreocoridae are registered. Forty one species were added and 13 taxonomical and nomenclatorial corrections were made comparing with the data presented in the first edition of the Biota SP in 1999. Pentatomoidea species richness of São Paulo state is around 25% of the species known to Brazil and around 3% of the world fauna. The increase of the studies in scarcely known families in Brazil will certainly raise these numbers. Pentatomidae was the most numerous taxon in São Paulo state, with 80% of the registered species.
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Published

2011-12-01

How to Cite

Grazia, J., & Schwertner, C. F. (2011). Checklist of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 11(4). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/983

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2011): v11n4

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