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On an Account of Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera: Hemiptera ) from Chhattisgarh, India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Vijay Nagar, Jabalpur-482002, India
 

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The pentatomids are commonly known as “shield bugs” or “stink bugs” as their bodies are usually covered by a shield shaped scutellum covering more than half of the abdomen, tibia with weak or no spine, 5 segmented antennae which gives its family name and most of them emit an unpleasant odour, offensive in nature, produced by a pair of glands in the thorax and is released through openings in the metathorax.
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Authors

B. Biswas
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
M. E. Hassan
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
Sandeep Kushwaha
Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Vijay Nagar, Jabalpur-482002, India
Paramita Mukherjee
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India

Abstract


The pentatomids are commonly known as “shield bugs” or “stink bugs” as their bodies are usually covered by a shield shaped scutellum covering more than half of the abdomen, tibia with weak or no spine, 5 segmented antennae which gives its family name and most of them emit an unpleasant odour, offensive in nature, produced by a pair of glands in the thorax and is released through openings in the metathorax.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v114i2.168626