Updated Checklist of the Pentatomidea (Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) of Uzbekistan

Abstract

This article presents the results of scientific research conducted in 2019-2021 on the study of species belonging to the Pentatomidae family distributed in Uzbekistan. Also, the information was filled from the collection materials and literature kept at the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. A complete list of 3 subfamilies (Asopinae, Pentotominae, Podopinae), 10 tribes, 46 genera, 3 subgenera and 103 species belonging to the Pentatomidae family is provided for the first time in Uzbekistan. In the fauna, the specie of Alloeoglypta pretiosa Kiritshenko, 1952 was recorded for the first time. The purpose of this study is to present new records and an updated checklist of the Pentatomoidea of Uzbekistan. Also, the results of the scientific work conducted by various researchers on the study of the species of bugs belonging to the Pentatomidae family distributed in Uzbekistan and material of the collected species were deposited in the collection established by the fourth author, which is kept in the Laboratory of Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.