<i>Melacoryphus admirabilis</i> (Uhler) (Hemiptera:Lygaeidae) new to Canada, with additional Canadian provincial records for other Heteroptera

Authors

  • G. G. E. Scudder Beaty Biodiversity Centre and Department of Zoology University of British Columbia 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

Abstract

The lygaeid Melacoryphus admirabilis (Uhler) is recorded from Saskatchewan and new to Canada. New provincial records are given for 16 other species of Heteroptera, belonging to the families Alydidae, Artheneidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Lygaeidae, Miridae, Oxycarenidae, Rhyparochromidae and Tingidae.

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2010-12-31