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This paper is the second communication in a series of papers that treats the structure of the aedeagus in the family Pentatomidae and its taxonomic applications. Inner structures of the aedeagus were examined in the completely inflated state. The structure of the aedeagus was studied on 25 species. It is impossible to offer a diagnosis of the subfamily Podopinae on the basis of the structure of the aedeagus only, because this structure is very diverse. Nevertheless, some distinguishing characters were found in each of the three tribes, currently recognized within the subfamily. On the basis of the structure of the aedeagus, the tribe Graphosomatini can be subdivided into four groups, partly corresponding to the previously recognized tribes Graphosomatini (sensu Puchkov, 1965), Ancyrosomatini, and Trigonosmatini. Three different types of the structure of the aedeagus were revealed in the tribe Podopini. Special types of the structure of the aedeagus were found in the genera Bolbocoris and Testrica with unclear taxonomic position.
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Original Russian Text © D. A. Gapon, F. V. Konstantionv, 2006, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2006, Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 13–34.
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Gapon, D.A., Konstantinov, F.V. On the structure of the aedeagus in shield bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae): II. Subfamily Podopinae. Entmol. Rev. 86, 149–167 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806020047
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