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Issue: Vol. 3174 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.5
Page range: 51–58
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 18

Two new species of Trigonotylus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Stenodemini) from western Canada and northwestern United States

Beaty Biodiversity Centre and Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Division of Invertebrate Zoology (Entomology) American Museum of Natural History, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae Stenodemini Trigonotylus new species Canada key

Abstract

Two new species of stenodemine Miridae from western Canada and the United States are described. Trigonotylus exilis n.sp. from British Columbia to northern California and Utah, and T. setosus n. sp. from northern British Columbia, YukonTerritory, and adjacent northern Northwest Territories and Alaska are documented. A key to the species of Trigonotylusfrom this study region is provided to allow identification of the included fauna. Host plant species are identified. Lactic acid is proposed as an alternative to potash as a dissection medium for male genitalia.

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