A Contribution to the Asopinae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) With one New Record of Predatory Stink Bug Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus 1758) from District Khairpur Sindh, Pakistan
A Contribution to the Asopinae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) With one New Record of Predatory Stink Bug Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus 1758) from District Khairpur Sindh, Pakistan
Shabana Mangi1*, Abdul Manan Shaikh1, Waheed Ali Panhwar1, Javeed Ali Ujjan1, Fakhra Somroo1, Shazia Praveen Solangi2, Sumbul Mureed Mastoi3 and Ranjeet Kumar1
ABSTRACT
The current findings on stink bugs were placed together from different sites of the Khairpur district. Moreover, investigation and recognition are conceded at the Insect Systematic Postgraduate Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur. Specimens were gathered by traditional hand net and on the light trap from different sites and are killed in a jar having potassium cyanide and mounted via entomological pins. Samples are recognized up to the species level through the support of keys available for the region in different publications. Photographs of the adult and genitalia were taken with cameras fitted on the microscope. This revealed the occurrence of 46 specimens and identified 05 species under the subfamily Asopinae. Z. caeruleas (Linnaeus 1758) predatory stink bug is premalinary described from the district Khairpur Sindh province of Pakistan. Photographs of the adult as well as male and female aedeagus, conflicting on the biodiversity table are provided.
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