Checklist of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) from São Paulo State, Brazil

Pentatomoidea knowledge in São Paulo state is here updated. Two hundred and two species in 92 genera belonging to Acanthosomatidae, Canopidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae and Thyreocoridae are registered. Forty one species were added and 13 taxonomical and nomenclatorial corrections were made comparing with the data presented in the first edition of the Biota SP in 1999. Pentatomoidea species richness of São Paulo state is around 25% of the species known to Brazil and around 3% of the world fauna. The increase of the studies in scarcely known families in Brazil will certainly raise these numbers. Pentatomidae was the most numerous taxon in São Paulo state, with 80% of the registered species.O conhecimento de Pentatomoidea no Estado de São Paulo é aqui atualizado. São registradas 92 espécies em 89 gêneros pertencentes as famílias Acanthosomatidae, Canopidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae e Thyreocoridae. Comparando com os dados apresentados na primeira edição do Biota SP em 1999, foram adicionadas 41 espécies além de 13 correções nomenclaturais e taxonômicas efetuadas. O Estado de São Paulo apresenta uma riqueza total ao redor de 25% das espécies conhecidas para o Brasil e ao redor de 3% da fauna mundial de Pentatomoidea. Com o incremento dos estudos em famílias pouco conhecidas no país, estes números certamente serão ampliados. Pentatomidae resultou no táxon mais numeroso no estado, com 80% de espécies registradas.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Instituto de Biociências Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia AnimalUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Departamento de Ciências BiológicasUNIFESP, Depto. de Ciências BiológicasSciEL

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others

Contribuições ao conhecimento dos gêneros Elanela e Nocheta (Heteroptera, Pentatomini)

<abstract language="eng">The male of Elanela hevera Rolston et alii, 1980 and the female of Nocheta adda Rolston et alii, 1980 are described for the first time. A complete study of external genitalia for both sexes of E. hevera and N. adda is also presented

Revision of Brachystethus (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae)

Brachystethus Laporte, 1832 is revised. Brachystethus coxalis Breddin, 1904, B. cribrus (Fabricius, 1781), B. geniculatus (Fabricius, 1787), B. improvisus Breddin, 1905, B. rubromaculatus Dallas, 1851, B. signoreti Stål, 1872, B. tricolor Bolívar, 1879, B. vexillum Breddin, 1903 and B. vicinus Signoret, 1851 are redescribed based on morphological characters, with emphasis on genitalia of both sexes. A new species, B. schuhi, from Guyana, is described, and B. discolor (Walker, 1867), incertae sedis, is removed from the genus. Illustrations and a key for species of Brachystethus are provided

Chinavia fuscopunctata Breddin

Chinavia fuscopunctata (Breddin) (fig. 13) Coloração geral do corpo verde; cicatrizes do pronoto e ângulos basais do escutelo sem manchas negras; conexivo com margens de coloração avermelhada; manchas junto aos ângulos póstero-laterais do conexivo presentes; espiráculos verdes ou castanho-claros. Distingue-se de C. schuhi e C. simplicis pelo tamanho menor, pontuação da face dorsal mais marcada, presença das manchas do conexivo, espinho abdominal cônico e margem posterior dos gonocoxitos sinuosas e convergentes no ápice. Eventualmente, algum espécime mal conservado de C. impicticornis poderá ser identificado pelos passos da chave como C. fuscopunctata, mas aforma do corpo, padrão de coloração, forma da cabeça, profundidade das pontuções e formados gonocoxitos 8 dessas duas espécies é bastante distinta. Espécie conhecida apenas do holótipo fêmea, sem registro de planta hospedeira. Tamanho da fêmea: 10,5mm. Dsitribuição: Brasil (ES).Published as part of Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens & Grazia, Jocélia, 2007, O gênero Chinavia Orian (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae) no Brasil, com chave pictórica para os adultos, pp. 416-435 in Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 51 (4) on pages 427-428, DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262007000400005, http://zenodo.org/record/396628