First record of Orsilochides scurrilis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae) in the United States, with notes on the biology and distribution of U.S. species of Orsilochides Kirkaldy

Authors

A. W. Meeds, Arizona State UniversityFollow
Joseph E. Eger Jr., Florida State Collection of Arthropods,Follow
S. D. Carnahan, University of Arizona Herbarium

Date of this Version

9-24-2021

Citation

Meeds AW, Eger JE Jr., Carnahan SD. 2021. First record of Orsilochides scurrilis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae) in the United States, with notes on the biology and distribution of U.S. species of Orsilochides Kirkaldy. Insecta Mundi 0884: 1–11.

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Published on September 24, 2021 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.

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Abstract

Orsilochides scurrilis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) is reported from the United States for the first time based on a specimen collected in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. A key to separate the U.S. species of Orsilochides Kirkaldy is provided. In addition, host plant records and distribution of the other two species of Orsilochides that occur in the U.S., Orsilochides guttata (Herrich-Schäffer) and Orsilochides stictica (Dallas), are analyzed through a combination of digital photo records and museum specimens.