Study of Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) species distributed in different regions of Azerbaijan

Abstract

Materials were collected from Guba, Salyan, Sabirabad, Lankaran and Ganja. At the end of the study, 162 samples belonging to 11 species and 11 genera were collected from Pentatomidae family. Among the identified species, Aelia acuminata, Eurydema ornatum (Linnaeus), Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda) and Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus) were identified as phytophagous species that are remarkable in terms of density and prevalence. Palomena prasina (Linnaeus), Eurydema ornatum (Linnaeus), Graphosoma semipunctatum (Fabricius), Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus) species are harmful to agricultural plants.