Stink bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea) from National Forest of São Francisco de Paula, RS State, Brazil

Abstract

A list of species of Pentatomoidea from Floresta Nacional de São Francisco de Paula, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is provided. This list was based in the collections of the Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRG) and Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul (MCNZ), as well as from expeditions from 17/dec/2005 to 06/jul/2011. In this first Pentatomoidea inventory 44 species were classified in four families (Acanthosomatidae, Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae and Thyreocoridae), seven subfamilies (Blaudinae, Asopinae, Discocephalinae, Edessinae, Pentatominae, Pachycorinae and Thyreocorinae), seven tribes and 21 genera. Pentatomidae was the largest group in number of species (37 spp.). Two species new to science were collected.