First catalogue of the Asopinae (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) from French Guiana Author Lupoli, Roland text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-09 4668 1 76 88 journal article 25494 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.4 3f237dc8-8744-46a9-bedd-5da74022ca2d 1175-5326 3448993 D3A3E171-F634-4DA6-B5F0-6FD0B96A649A Stiretrus decemguttatus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828) ( Fig. 3A, B, C ) Examined material (n: 14). FRENCH GUIANA .—No locality mentioned, 1♀ 3ϐ 1899 Oberthür coll. Bar (coll. MNHN ).— Kourou , 3ϐ 1♀ 20-25.IX.1979 , J. Carayon leg . ϐ identified as Stiretrus sp., ♀ as Oplomus sp. (coll. MNHN ).— Macouria , 4♀ ϐ 22.II , 11.III , 31.III.2015 , 7.IV.2015 , F. Caillot leg . (photo F. Caillot).— Matoury , ♀ ϐ 19.IV.2015 , F. Caillot leg . (photo F. Caillot) with larvae.— Montsinéry-Tonnegrande , ♀ ϐ 3.III.2015 , F. Cail- lot leg . (photo F. Caillot). In Macouria and Matoury, it was observed predating larvae of the following Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) belonging to the Cassidinae subfamily: Stolas discoides (L., 1758), Zatrephina lineata (F., 1787), and Cyrtonota lateralis (L., 1758). Literature data . Kourou , ♀ ϐ X.1979 identified as Stiretrus sp., eating eggs of Chelymorpha cribraria ( Coleoptera Cassidinae ) on Ipomoea stolonifera (J. Carayon in Remillet, 1988 ) . Distribution . Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , French Guiana , Paraguay , Peru , Surinam , Uruguay . Comments . New record of this species in French Guiana . In northeastern Brazil ( Para & Maranhão states), Paleari (2013) also observed S. decemguttatus predating Z. lineata larvae, as well as Botanochara sedecimpustulata (F., 1781) larvae, two species of leaf-eaters Coleoptera Cassidinae on Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae) . In Surinam , Doesburg (1970) observed S. decemguttatus predating on larvae and pupae of the Chrysomelidae species Paraselenis flava (L., 1758) living on Ipomoea . This species seems to attack specifically the eggs, larvae and pupae of Cassidinae belonging to the Mesomphaliini tribe, living on Convolvulaceae . It is likely that the variable aposematic dorsal patterns of S. decemguttatus adults and larvae are associated with the recovery of toxic defense molecules taken from eggs, larvae or pupae of Cassidinae . S. decemguttatus was only collected from the coastal zone of French Guiana . It was not found in primary forest, which is probably related to the distribution of its preys and/or its host plants preys.