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On the Ecology of the Shield Bug Menida violacea Motschulsky, 1861 (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), Host of Parasitic Dipterans (Diptera, Tachinidae) in the South of Primorskii Territory (Russia)

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Data on Menida violacea Motsch. (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), a rare shield bug species in Primorskii Territory of Russia, are given. Two species of parasitic dipterans of the family Tachinidae, Ectophasia rotundiventris (Loew, 1858) and Leucostoma crassum Kugler, 1966 (subfamily Phasiinae), were reared from the bugs in the laboratory. The development stages of M. violacea in nature, the habitats and timing of its hibernation were studied, and the geographic distribution and trophic associations of the species were clarified, with five plant families added to the previously known hosts. An increase in the bug population and transition to agricultural plants were recorded in the recent years.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are sincerely grateful to F.V. Konstantinov (St. Petersburg State University and Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) for the provided possibility of studying the ZIN collection material and compiling the list of the label data, to D.L. Musolin (St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University), N.N. Vinokurov (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of RAS, Yakutsk), and L.A. Fedina (Federal Research Center of Terrestrial Biodiversity in Eastern Asia, Far Eastern Branch of RAS, Vladivostok) for advice during preparation of this paper, to K.V. Skripova (Ekologika DV Ltd) for reporting the mass flight of M. violacea in Khasanskii District, to K.A. Ostapenko (Zoological Museum, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok) for the data on the bugs collected in Tigrovoi, and to A.B. Egorov for the material provided.

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  1. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    T. O. Markova & M. V. Maslov

  2. Zoological Museum, Far Eastern Federal University, 690091, Vladivostok, Russia

    E. V. Kanyukova

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Markova, T.O., Kanyukova, E.V. & Maslov, M.V. On the Ecology of the Shield Bug Menida violacea Motschulsky, 1861 (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), Host of Parasitic Dipterans (Diptera, Tachinidae) in the South of Primorskii Territory (Russia). Entmol. Rev. 100, 466–472 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820040053

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