2025-06-132025-06-132017PAZINI, Juliano de Bastos et al. Validação do arranjo espacial do percevejo-do-colmo em arroz irrigado por inundação. Ciência e Natura, Santa Maria, RS, v. 39, n. 2, p. 221-232, 2017. DOI: 10.5902/2179460X22073. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/cienciaenatura/article/view/22073. Acesso em: 9 jun 2025.e- 2179-460Xhttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br//handle/ri/27764In order to spatial arrangement validation of Tibraca limbativentris Stal, 1860 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in flooded rice field located at the “Planalto da Campanha” Region, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, was carried out a study in flooded rice fields at Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, in the 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 harvests. Were established georeferenced grids for the samplings, totaling 81 points spaced ~50 m in the 2009/10 harvest and, 693 and 352 points in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 harvests, respectively, both with equidistant points ~10 m. Adults and nymphs samplings were performed on each point of the regular grids. We conducted a descriptive statistical analysis for the adults, nymphs and adults + nymphs variables by calculations the mean, standard deviation and minimum and maximum values and dispersion indices: variance/mean, Morisita index, k index, Green coefficient and Taylor potency. The rice stem bug spatial arrangement has been validated when the dispersion indices showed similar results. The rice stem bug T. limbativentris spatial arrangement in flooded rice is the aggregate type, regardless of the infestation level and life stage of the insect.porAcesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Tibraca limbativentrisDistribuiçãoOryza sativaDistributionArtigo10.5902/2179460X22073