Myrmecophyes oregonensis, a new species of Halticini (Hemiptera, Miridae) from the western United States. American Museum novitates ; no. 2697

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1980

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New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History

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"Myrmecophyes oregonensis (Hemiptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae, Halticini) is described as new from central and south central Oregon. This is the first record of the genus from the Western Hemisphere. Information is provided on the male and female genitalia, femoral trichobothria, and pretarsus. This saltatorial antlike species apparently breeds on the native perennial bunch grass Agropyron spicatum"--P. [1].

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11 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11).

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