Stink Bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) And An Unique Host Plant In The Brazilian Subtropics Author Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Caixa Postal 231, 86001 - 970, Londrina, PR, Brasil panizzi@cnpso.embrapa.br Author Grazia, Jocélia Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Paulo Gama s / n, 90046 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil jocelia@vortex.ufrgs.br text Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 2001 2001-05-25 90 21 35 journal article 21392 10.1590/S0073-47212001000100003 e3f88e91-d4c7-4ccb-a00c-e84a8fd8abd3 3967344 Acrosternum runaspis . Specimens were intercepted on privet on a very few occasions, and only as adults. Therefore we suspect it does not reproduce on privet. The species has a wide distribution in South America, like A. impicticorne , from Colombia to Argentina (ROLSTON, 1983). In Brazil it is reported from State of Rio Grande do Sul ( LINK & GRAZIA, 1987 ). This is the first record for Paraná. Adults with dorsal surface of the body green and densely puncturated, with margins of head, thorax and abdomen orange yellow; legs green. Median body length of females 18.5 mm (n = 5), and of males 16.2 mm (n = 5). Nonymphs and eggs were observed on privet plants.