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FIRST RECORD OF A EUROPEAN BUG, LORICULA PSELAPHIFORMIS, IN THE NEARCTIC REGION (HETEROPTERA: MICROPHYSIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton
Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Biosystematic Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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In the course of my search for Miridae and Anthocoridae in Nova Scotia in 1976, I collected a series of 33 bugs which proved to be the females of Loricula pselaphiforrnis Curtis, family Microphysidae. The species was collected on the trunks of European beech, Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Ait., at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, 22 July 1976. The bugs were first observed as tiny bumps on the trunks, blending perfectly with the bark and small patches of lichens. At first sighting the bumps were thought to be tiny spiders or their egg cases. When disturbed they moved a short distance and again remained motionless. All were brachypterous females, no males were collected, and no specimens were collected by beating the branches. Although other species of tree trunks were examined, no bugs were found. The bugs may have been introduced into this country with nursery stock importations of beech or some other horticultural plants.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 10 , 01 October 1980 , pp. 1085 - 1087
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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