NEWLY RECOGNIZED HOLARCTIC AND INTRODUCED PLANT BUGS IN NORTH AMERICA (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Abstract The first North American records for Deraeocoris punctulatus (Fallén), Labopidea artemisiae (Sahlberg), and Labopidea bermani Kerzhner indicate that the species are naturally Holarctic. Lygus rugulipennis Poppius is now considered naturally Holarctic after specimens of Lygus perplexus Stang...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Authors: Schwartz, Michael D., Scudder, G.G.E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent130267-3
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00010580
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Summary:Abstract The first North American records for Deraeocoris punctulatus (Fallén), Labopidea artemisiae (Sahlberg), and Labopidea bermani Kerzhner indicate that the species are naturally Holarctic. Lygus rugulipennis Poppius is now considered naturally Holarctic after specimens of Lygus perplexus Stanger from Alaska, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories are correctly identified as L . rugulipennis . Additional North American localities for Labopidea discolor (Sahlberg) support the contention that the species is naturally Holarctic. Collections of Orthotylus ochrotrichus Fieber from Royal Oak, British Columbia, and Malacocoris chlorizans Panzer from British Columbia and Washington state suggest that these species are adventive to North America. Diagnoses are provided to distinguish all the taxa from other North American congeners. A key to the northern Nearctic species of Labopidea is given.

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