Electronic Monitoring of Feeding Behavior of Phytophagous True Bugs (Heteroptera)

1. Introduction to electronic monitoring of the feeding behavior of phytophagous true bugs.- 2. Mouthparts description and modes of feeding of phytophagous true bugs.- 3. Feeding sites of true bugs and resulting damage to plants.- 4. Electronic monitoring of the feeding behavior of phytophagous stink bugs (Pentatomidae).- 5. Electronic monitoring of the feeding behavior of Blissidae, Coreidae, Miridae, and Plataspidae.- 6. EPG procedures for true bugs (Heteroptera).- 7. Role of EPG in developing and assessing control methods for heteropteran crop pests.- 8. Perspectives on the use of EPG in electronic monitoring of phytophagous true bugs.

Antônio Ricardo Panizzi received his PhD from the University of Florida, USA and is currently a research entomologist at Embrapa in Brazil. He is an Invited Professor at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil and at the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay. He was awarded the ESA International Branch Distinguished Scientist Award, 2017 and served as Editor of the Annals of the Entomological Society of Brazil and Neotropical Entomology, published by Springer. He has also edited/co-edited six books. He served as head of the Entomology Team at Embrapa Soybean Research Center, a consultant for Soybean Entomology Programs in South America and for FAO in Ankara, Turkey, a member of the Agronomy Consult Team for the National Science Foundation of Brazil and an invited scientist at the National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan. He is an honorary member, president and currently international delegate of the Entomological Society of Brazil.



Tiago Lucini received his PhD from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil in 2016 and, from 2017 to 2020, was a postdoc at the National Wheat Research Center of Embrapa, Brazil, where he is currently a research assistant. His research interests focus on the bioecology and interactions of heteropterans with their wild and cultivated host plants, and the electrical monitoring of the feeding behavior of stink bugs. He has participated in pioneering publications on the use of EPG on phytophagous pentatomids.



Paula Levin Mitchell received her Ph.D. in Zoology from The University of Texas at Austin (USA) in 1980 and subsequently held a four-year postdoctoral appointment in Entomology at Louisiana State University. After teaching for 25 years in the Biology Department at Winthrop University in South Carolina (USA), she retired as Professor Emerita. She continues to curate the insect collection at Winthrop University and is active in entomological educational