New and interesting records of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) in Donbass

Abstract

A short historical review of the study of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) of Donbass region is given. Ninety five species of Pentatomoidea were registered for this territory (within the Donetsk and Lugansk administrative regions) based on previously published data and our material, four of them are recorded for Donbass for the first time: Jalla dumosa (Linnaeus, 1758), Antheminia varicornis (Jakovlev, 1874), Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837), Dyroderes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1775). Fauna of Donetsk Region contains 70 species of Pentatomoidea (published data and our material), 10 of which are recorded for the first time: Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant et Rey, 1866, S. morio (Linnaeus, 1761), Elasmucha grisea grisea (Linnaeus, 1758), Jalla dumosa (Linnaeus, 1758), Antheminia varicornis (Jakovlev, 1874), Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837), Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758), Dyroderes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1775), Ventocoris trigonus (Krynicki, 1871), Podops inunctus (Fabricius, 1775). Data on distribution, biology and bionomics of stink bugs of Donbass region are given.

Keywords

• Heteroptera
• Pentatomoidea
• Cydnidae
• Acanthosomatidae
• Pentatomidae
• fauna
• Donbass