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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgments .....................................................................................................................................xi
Editor ............................................................................................................................................................xiii
Contributors ................................................................................................................................................xv
Section I Introduction
- Overview of the Superfamily Pentatomoidea ................................................................................ 3
J. E. McPherson, C. Scott Bundy, and Alfred G. Wheeler, Jr.
Section II Systematics
- Higher Systematics of the Pentatomoidea.................................................................................... 25
David A. Rider, Cristiano F. Schwertner, Jitka Vilímová, Dávid Rédei, Petr Kment,
and Donald B. Thomas
Section III Invasive Pentatomoidea
- Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) .........................................................................................................
C. Scott Bundy, Thomas M. Perring, Darcy A. Reed, John C. Palumbo, Tessa R. Grasswitz,
and Walker A. Jones - Halyomorpha halys (Stål)............................................................................................................. 243
George C. Hamilton, Jeong Joon Ahn, Wenjun Bu, Tracy C. Leskey, Anne L. Nielsen,
Yong-Lak Park, Wolfgang Rabitsch, and Kim A. Hoelmer - Megacopta cribraria ( F.) ................................................................................................................ 293
Joe E. Eger, Wayne A. Gardner, Jeremy K. Greene, Tracie M. Jenkins, Phillip M. Roberts,
and Dan R. Suiter - Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) ...................................................................................................... 333
J. E. McPherson, C. Scott Bundy, and Thomas P. Kuhar - Nezara viridula (L.) ........................................................................................................................... 351
Jesus F. Esquivel, Dmitry L. Musolin, Walker A. Jones, Wolfgang Rabitsch,
Jeremy K. Greene, Michael D. Toews, Cristiano F. Schwertner, Jocélia Grazia,
and Robert M. McPherson - Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) ............................................................................................................................................................... 425
C. Scott Bundy, Jesus F. Esquivel, Antônio R. Panizzi, Joe E. Eger, Jeffrey A. Davis,
and Walker A. Jones