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PICROMERUS BIDENS IN CANADA (HETEROPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton
Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

A European bug Picromerus bidens (L.) is reported from Quebec feeding on larvae of the introduced sawfly Gilpinia frutetorum (F.) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). A colour photograph of the bug and an illustration of the anterior femur and tibia are included.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 11 , November 1972 , pp. 1743 - 1744
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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