Larval and adult dorso-abdominal scent glands and androconia of central European Pentatomoidea (Insecta: Heteroptera).

Abstract

The dorso-abdominal scent glands of larvae and adults of more than 40 species of central European Pentatomoidea are described and illustrated. At least one gland is structurally persistent, and probably functional, in adults of almost all the species stuied.