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A NEW NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF BLISSUS (HETEROPTERA: LYGAEIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

David E. Leonard
David E. Leonard
Affiliation:
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven
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Abstract

Blissus canadensis sp. nov. is described from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Montana. It has reached high numbers on barley in Alberta and is a potential pest. It closely resembles Blissus occiduus Barber, and reports of B. occiduus in Canada most likely refer to B. canadensis.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 12 , December 1970 , pp. 1531 - 1533
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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