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NEW RECORDS OF EUROPEAN PILOPHORUS AND ORTHOTYLUS IN CANADA (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton
Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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This note deals with three European species of Orthotylinae now known to occur in Canada. Pilophorus confusus was discovered in 1976 in Nova Scotia and is reported for the first time from the Nearctic region. Additional distribution records are given for Orthotylus nassatus and O. viridinervis previously reported from North America by Henry (1977) and Henry and Wheeler (1979), respectively. The three species were likely introduced accidentally into this country some time ago with nursery stock importations but remained undetected until recently. They are predatory and overwinter in the egg stage. The adults of the three species are illustrated.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 114 , Issue 3 , March 1982 , pp. 283 - 287
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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