Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida

Authors

Susan E. Halbert, Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL
Julieta Brambila, Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 2002

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002. Copyright © 2002 Halbert and Brambila.
Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collected from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. In all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X- 2001 (1 male), 22-29 X 2001 (1 female), 9-16-XI- 2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Florida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA).