A. G. Wheeler

FIRST NORTH AMERICAN RECORDS OF AMPHIAREUS OBSCURICEPS (POPPIUS) (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE), WITH A DISCUSSION OF DEAD-LEAF MICROHABITATS

Abstract The anthocorid Amphiareus obscuriceps (Poppius) is reported for the first time from North America based on records from one Canadian province (Ontario), 14 U.S. states (Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia), and the District of Columbia. A diagnosis, description, adult photographs, and scanning electron photomicrographs are furnished to facilitate recognition, and the dead-leaf microhabitat, associated plants, and psocids and other potential prey of this species are discussed.

New United States Records for Six Neotropical Miridae (Hemiptera) in Southern Florida

Six species of plant bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) collected in southern Florida are reported as new United States records: Hyalopsallus diaphanus (Reuter) (Phylinae); Ceratocapsus nigropiceus Reuter, Jobertus chrysolectrus Distant, and Paramixia carmelitana (Carvalho) (Orthotylinae); Paracarnus cubanus Bruner (Deraeocorinae); and Proba hyalina Maldonado (Mirinae). Distribution and host plants in Florida and diagnoses are provided for all 6 species.

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

Abstract n 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.