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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Michael D. Schwartz ,
Michelle J.A. Schmidt  and
Leland M. Humble
Michael D. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Michelle J.A. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Silviculture Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3E7
Leland M. Humble
Affiliation:
Pacific Forestry Centre, Forestry Canada, Forestry Insect and Disease Survey, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 1M5
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A European microphysid, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), is reported as new to the Nearctic Region. The only other member of the genus recorded from North America, the Palearctic L. pselaphiformis Curtis, also is adventive in our fauna (Kelton 1980)

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 5 , October 1991 , pp. 1149 - 1151
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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