Diversity of phytophagous stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) associated with rice crop in Itapecuru-Mirim, Maranhão, Brazil

Abstract

From the diversity of phytophagous stink bugs found in rice fields in Itapecuru-Mirim, Maranhão, we have the first record of Edessa meditabunda in the crop, and the second record in Brazil of Paratibraca dubia. Additionally, Tibraca limbativentris, Oebalus poecilus, and Oebalus ypsilongriseus ere observed.

Keywords

• hemipteran
• heteroptera
• oryza sativa
• pentatomids