Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs 92–95) Cimex viridulus Linnaeus, 1758: 444. Nezara viridula; Amyot & Serville, 1843; Stål, 1865: 193–195; 1872: 41; 1876: 91; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 167; Kirkaldy, 1909: 117, 381; Schouteden, 1910: 88; Freeman, 1940: 357–360; Pirán, 1948: 13; DeWitt & Godfrey, 1972: 1–23; Costa & Link, 1974: 398–399; Azim & Shafee 1978: 507–508; Zheng, 1982: 195–196; Cassis & Gross, 2002: 520–524; Rider, 2006: 329–330; Ferrari et al. 2010: 17–18. Material studied. Cachoeirinha: 1♀, 18.IV.1981, R. P. Mocellin leg. (UFRG). Canoas: 1♂, 22.XII.1985, J. A. M. Fernandes leg. (UFRG). Cruz Alta: 1♂, 19.X.1981, Link & Costa leg., “em Colza”, (UFRG). Estrela: 1♀, 01.IV.07, C. Greve leg. (UFRG). Guaíba: 1♂, 2♀, 01.X.1985, M. C. Del Vecchio leg., “em Joá”(UFRG). Rio Grande: 1♂, Estação Ecológica do Taim, 23.III.1981, 04.IV.1981, J. Grazia leg. (UFRG). Santa Maria: 1♂, 02.VII.1980, J. Pauichi leg., J. Grazia det. 1986 (UFRG); 1♂, 26.IV.1982, Costa & Link leg., “em soja” (UFRG); 1♂, 2♀, XII.1981, D. Link leg., “em Feijão”, J. Grazia det. 1986 (UFRG); 1♂, 07.XII.1981, Link & Costa leg., “em colza”, J. Grazia det. 1986 (UFRG). Diagnostic features. Body dorsal and ventral surfaces green to yellow. Mandibular plates subequal to clypeus and rounded apically. Anterolateral margins of pronotum straight. Humeral angles not developed (Fig. 92). Abdominal spine free, not reaching metacoxae (Fig. 93). Spiracles green, surrounded by a green maculae (Fig. 94). Body length: 10.00 to 15.00 mm. Recorded host plants. Canola (Marsaro Jr. et al. 2017; Bianchi et al. 2019), maize (Roza-Gomes et al. 2011; Valicente 2015), oat (Pereira & Salvadori 2020), rice (Lopes et al. 1974; Link & Grazia 1987), rye (Pereira & Salvadori 2020), soybean (Costa & Link 1974; Lopes et al. 1974; Grazia 1977; Link & Grazia 1987; Medeiros & Megier 2009) and wheat (Lopes et al. 1974; Link & Grazia 1987). Distribution in Rio Grande do Sul. Cachoeirinha, Canoas, Cruz Alta, Estrela, Guaíba, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande, Santa Maria and São Sepé (Fig. 95). Comments. In some specimens, the anterior half of pronotum and posterolateral margins of head are yellowish (see Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Published as part of Barros, Lurdiana D., Paim, Marcelo R., Krein, Verônica, Carabajal, Victor, Brandão, Marcela N., Bernardes, Paula De O. & Lindner, Mariana F., 2021, Illustrated guide to Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species associated with the four main grain crops in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, pp. 430-478 in Zootaxa 4958 (1) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.27, http://zenodo.org/record/4692176