The green stink bug, Chinavia hilaris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a pest of cotton in the southeastern United States but little is known concerning its spatiotemporal distribution in corn cropping systems. Therefore, the spatiotemporal distribution of C. hilaris in farmscapes, when corn was adjacent to cotton, peanut, or both, was examined weekly. The spatial patterns of C. hilaris coun...

The patterns of mating and possible factors influencing mate choice in the consperse stink bug, Euschistus conspersus Uhler, were studied in a series of laboratory experiments. Males were found to transfer a significant percentage of their body mass during the initial mating. Mating was also found to reduce male longevity by 37.8% but had no significant effect on female longevity or fecundity. ...

Male predaceous stink bugs (Pentatom idae: A sopinae) in the genus Podisus release longrange a ttrac tan t pherom ones from a pair o f hypertrophied glands opening underneath the wings. Pherom one com positions are reported for four additional Podisus spp.: two N eotropi­ cal species (P. connexivus and an undeterm ined Podisus sp.), and two N earctic species (P. placidus and P. mucronatus). M a...

Life history parameters and reproductive behaviors of the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionicaHahn (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), were determined. Total developmental time from egg to adultwas 48d.After a sexualmaturationperiodof 7d, both sexesmated repeatedly,with females layingmultiple eggmasses of 12 eggs at intervals of 3 d. Adult females lived an average of 41 d,whereas adult males lived an ...

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 p...