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SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LYCTOCORIS IN NORTH AMERICA AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM QUEBEC (HETEROPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Lyctocoris canadensis new species is described from southwestern Quebec. The other species of Lyctocoris known to occur in North America are L. campestris (Fabricius), L. doris Van Duzee, L. elongatus (Reuter), L. mexicanus Kelton, L. okanaganus Kelton & Anderson, L. rostratus Kelton & Anderson, L. stalii (Reuter), and L. tuberosus Kelton & Anderson. Species are keyed, known information on their ecology is given, and male genitalia and female abdominal segments are illustrated.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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