First report of edible bugs Edessa bifida and Edessa championi (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and their importance in the entomophagy culture in the rural community “El Zompantle”, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico

Silva-García, Francisca; Figueroa-Castro, Pedro; López-Martínez, Víctor; Pérez-Villalba, Elba

doi:10.21829/azm.2018.3411193

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Acta zoológica mexicana

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SILVA-GARCIA, Francisca; FIGUEROA-CASTRO, Pedro; LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, Víctor and PEREZ-VILLALBA, Elba. First report of edible bugs Edessa bifida and Edessa championi (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and their importance in the entomophagy culture in the rural community “El Zompantle”, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2018, vol.34, e3411193. ISSN 2448-8445. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2018.3411193.

In the present scientific note we report for the first time two edible bugs: Edessa championi (Distant 1881) and Edessa bifida (Say 1832) (Hemiptera: Pentadomidae) in the rural community “El Zompantle”, municipality of Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero. Also we performed a short study of their importance in the entomophagy culture of families of this community.

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