{"title":"Diversity and distribution of predatory stink bugs from India and their role in insect pest management (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae","authors":"A. Pal, S. Dash, Susmita Khanra, Devanshu Gupta","doi":"10.55126/ijzab.2023.v08.i02.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Asopinae is the only subfamily among Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), whose members exhibit predatory feeding habits. They are called predatory stink bugs as they mainly predate on several soft-bodied arthropods. In this study, we compile a consolidated list of the subfamily Asopinae from India, covering 30 species in 17 genera, supplemented with prey information of selected species based on our observations and literature records.","PeriodicalId":124652,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.55126/ijzab.2023.v08.i02.004","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Asopinae is the only subfamily among Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), whose members exhibit predatory feeding habits. They are called predatory stink bugs as they mainly predate on several soft-bodied arthropods. In this study, we compile a consolidated list of the subfamily Asopinae from India, covering 30 species in 17 genera, supplemented with prey information of selected species based on our observations and literature records.