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Genus Ascra


Caracterização do grupo Edessa rufomarginata e descrição de sete novas espécies (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae)
By Eduardo J. Ely e Silva; José A. M. Fernandes; Jocélia Grazia
Iheringia, Série Zoologia vol.96 no.3 , 2006
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A new Edessa from Florida (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
By Barber H.G.
Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 37: 48‒49, 1935

Revision of Ascra with proposition of the bifida species group and description of two new species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: ...
By Bianca Tamires Silva dos Santos, Valeria Juliete Da Silva, Ose Antonio Marin Fernandes
Zootaxa 4034(3):445-470, 2015
Full title: Revision of Ascra with proposition of the bifida species group and description of two new species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae)
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Subgenus Ascra elevated to genus status. Ascra bifida (Say, 1832) new combination
(Edessa bifida - synonym, Edessa florida - new synonym)

Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Ecology in Nebraska Agroecosystems
By B. Ademkoya
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2021
PhD dissertation from Blessing Ademkoya. Contains several new state records.

Composition and abundance of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in corn
By Tillman, P.G.
Environ Entomol 39(6): 1765-1774. doi: 10.1603/EN09281., 2010
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Tillman, P.G. (2010) Composition and abundance of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in corn. Environ Entomol 39(6): 1765-1774. doi: 10.1603/EN09281.

Abstract

The species composition and abundance of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in corn, Zea mays L., was determined in this on-farm study in Georgia. Seven species of phytophagous stink bugs were found on corn with the predominant species being Nezara viridula (L.) and Euschistus servus (Say). All developmental stages of these two pests were found, indicating they were developing on the corn crop.

A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records
By Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R.
Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69, 2021

Does it make scents? Making a case for the extirpation, and possibly extinction, of the native stink bug Rhacognathus americanus
By S. Paiero
The Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 2019
Explores biodiversity data to discuss the extirpation of Rhacognathus americanus from southern Ontario, as well as its possible extinction.

Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Minnesota: an annotated checklist and new state records
By Koch R.L., Rider D., Tinerella P.P., Rich W.A.
Great Lakes Entomol. 47: 171-185, 2014