Timing and pattern of stink bug evolution (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and implications for its classification.

• Grant number: 23/13327-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Cristiano Feldens Schwertner
• Grantee: Cristiano Feldens Schwertner
• Host Investigator: Gerasimos Cassis
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (ICAQF). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Diadema , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia

Abstract

The Pentatomidae are a highly diverse group, with about 1000 described genera and about 5000 described species. Several species are of ecological and economic importance. The higher classification of the Pentatomidae is a work in progress, with many of the tribal groups likely non-monophyletic and/or historical convenience groups. An integrated global classification of Pentatomidae has not as yet been established. This project represents the first robust phylogenetic analyses to employ next-generation sequences methods (UCEs phylogenomics) to approach the evolution and classification of the stink bug family. We will also analyse a morphological matrix to test congruences between data, and look for characteristics that support a revised classification of this important group of insects.