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REVISION OF THE GENUS PLATYLYGUS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 26 NEW SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton  and
Harry H. Knight
Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa and Department of Zoology and Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames
Harry H. Knight
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa and Department of Zoology and Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames
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Abstract

Species of the North American genus Platylygus Van Duzee 1915 are revised. Redescriptions are given for 5 previously known species, and 26 new species are described. Nineteen species described by Kelton are: angulatus, brevirostris, longirostris, and mexicanus from Durango, Mex.; aztecus from Mexico, Mex.; chamulans and chiapasensis from Chiapas, Mex.; alpinus from Chiapas, Mexico, and Puebla, Mex.; crassicornis from Mexico and Puebla, Mex.; pilosus and teocotae from Mexico, Mex.; pilosipes from Durango, Mex., and Arizona; scutellatus from Durango, Mex., Arizona, and New Mexico; contortae, crinitus, and magnus from California; knighti from Arizona and Colorado; piceicola from British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Arizona, and Colorado; pseudotsugae from British Columbia and Oregon. Seven species described by Knight are: keltoni from Durango, Mex.; andrei from Arizona; balli from Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico; hirtus from Arizona; rolfsi from British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington; rubripes from Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Wyoming; and usingeri from California. The other species in the genus are: fuliginosus Knight from Arizona; grandis Knight from Arizona, California, and Colorado, Montana, and South Dakota; intermedius Knight from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico; luridus (Reuter) from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, and Wyoming; and vanduzeei Usinger from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Platylygus uhleri (Van Duzee) is considered to be a synonym of P. luridus (Reuter). A key to species, records on distribution and biological data are included, and the male genitalia of all but one species are illustrated.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 11 , November 1970 , pp. 1429 - 1460
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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