Metopoplax ditomoides (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae): First Canadian Record of a Palearctic Seed Bug

Authors

  • Al G. Wheeler, Jr. School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634-0310, U.S.A.
  • E. Richard Hoebeke Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853-2601, U.S.A.; current address: Georgia Museum of Natural History and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A

Keywords:

Metopoplax ditomoides, Hemiptera, Lygaeoidea, Oxycarenidae, Seed Bug

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