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Myrmecophyes oregonensis, a new species of Halticini (Hemiptera, Miridae) from the western United States

by: Schuh, Randall T

Publication date: 1980

Topics: Myrmecophyes oregonensis, Miridae, Insects, Myrmecophyes oregonensis -- Classification, Miridae -- Oregon -- Classification, Insects -- Oregon -- Classification

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 2697

11 p. : 26 cm

"Myrmecophyes oregonensis (Hemiptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae, Halticini) is described as new from central and south central Oregon. This is the first record of the genus from the Western Hemisphere. Information is provided on the male and female genitalia, femoral trichobothria, and pretarsus. This saltatorial antlike species apparently breeds on the native perennial bunch grass Agropyron spicatum"--P. [1]

Title from caption

"July 11, 1980."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11)

Abstract: 'Myrmecophyes oregonensis (Hemiptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae, Halticini) is described as new from central and south central Oregon. This is the first record of the genus from the Western Hemisphere. Information is provided on the male and female genitalia, femoral trichobothria, and pretarsus. This saltatorial antlike species apparently breeds on the native perennial bunch grass Agropyron spicatum'--P. [1].