Contribution to Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) fauna of Tartous with a new record for Syria

Ali, Ali Yaseen

doi:10.52547/jibs.7.4.365

Contribution to Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) fauna of Tartous with a new record for Syria

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Ali Yaseen Ali

General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Tartous Center for Scientific Agricultural Research, Tartous, Syria.

10.52547/jibs.7.4.365

Abstract

A three-year survey of species in the Superfamily Pentatomoidea was conducted during March and November of 2018 through 2020 in Tartous Province, Syria. The identified specimens belonging to four families; i.e. Pentatomidae (21 species), Scutelleridae (2 species), Dinidoridae and Cydnidae each with one species. This is the first faunistic study on the Pentatomoidea in the coastal area of Syria, Tartous. The results represented the first records of Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839) and its host plants in Tartous, here considered as a newly recorded species for fauna of Syria.

Graphical Abstract

Contribution to Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) fauna of Tartous with a new record for Syria

Keywords

Pentatomidae

Scutelleridae

Dinidoridae

Cydnidae

Syrian fauna

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