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Issue: Vol. 2622 No. 1: 23 Sep. 2010
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2010-09-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2622.1.6
Page range: 68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

Correction relating to the occurrence of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini) in New Zealand reported in 2008

Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
30 Mahana Rd, Paraparaumu Beach 5032, New Zealand. Research Associate, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae Bryocorinae Dicyphini

Abstract

Eyles et al. (2008) noted the first occurrence of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839)  in New Zealand in 2007, with a site locality reported as the Auckland Botanic Gardens.

References

  1. Eyles, A.C., Marais, T. & George, S. (2008) First New Zealand record of the genus Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini): Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839), a beneficial predacious insect. Zootaxa, 1779, 33-37.