First North American Record of the Palearctic <I>Microplax albofasciata</I> (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)

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dc.contributor.authorWheeler, A. G.
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Thomas J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-20T15:15:48Z
dc.date.available2015-04-20T15:15:48Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAbstract Microplax albofasciata (Costa), a Palearctic (mainly Mediterranean) species of the small family Oxycarenidae, is reported from California as the first record for the New World. Adults of this little-known lygaeoid bug were found in 2012 and 2013 at the Hastings Natural History Reservation in northern Monterey County. It is suggested that this immigrant heteropteran arrived from the Mediterranean Basin in shipments of ceramic tiles (or quarry products) and that California’s similar Mediterranean climate aided its establishment. A diagnosis, description, and illustrations are provided to facilitate the recognition of M. albofasciata in the Nearctic Region.
dc.format.extent55–61
dc.identifier0013-8797
dc.identifier.citationWheeler, A. G. and Henry, Thomas J. 2015. "First North American Record of the Palearctic <I>Microplax albofasciata</I> (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)." <em>Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington</em>, 117, (1) 55–61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.55">https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.55</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0013-8797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/25551
dc.publisherEntomological Society of Washington
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117 (1)
dc.titleFirst North American Record of the Palearctic <I>Microplax albofasciata</I> (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitNH-Entomology
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.identifier.doi10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.55
sro.identifier.itemID135543
sro.identifier.refworksID97090

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