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Phytocoris, etc ; Turkey (country); males; new species; taxonomic keys; zoology; Middle East; Show all 7 Subjects
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... A new species of the genus Phytocoris Fallén, subgenus Compsocerocoris, is described from southeastern Anatolia, Turkey: Phytocoris iyribozi sp. n. The new species is closely related to the species of the dashtanus species-group within the subgenus but differs from them by remarkably small size, short first antennal segment, small ocular index of male and shape of left paramere. To distinguish the ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Abies; Lygocoris; Rhododendron; habitats; males; new genus; new species; shrubs; vegetation; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Three unique mirine plant bugs inhabiting typical subalpine vegetation in the Nepalese Himalayas are documented, with their confirmed plant associations. A new genus and new species, Khumbumiris schwartzi , is diagnosed and described, based on a male specimen collected from Abies spectabilis ; two additional new species, Lygocoris laligurans (associated with Rhododendron shrubs) and Phytocoris sag ...
... The mirine plant bug genus Phytocoris Fallén of Japan is reviewed; twelve species are recognized. Eight new species are proposed, diagnosed, and described: P. amateras, P. hasegawai, P. izanagii, P. izanamiae, P. kerzhnerianus, P. minakatai, P. miyamotoi, and P. protobothrops. Four known species are diagnosed, and two poorly recognized species, P. ohataensis Linnavuori and P. pallidicollis Kerzhne ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Abies cilicica; Juniperus excelsa; color; conifers; conservation areas; male genitalia; new species; scientific illustration; taxon descriptions; Lebanon; Show all 11 Subjects
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... A new species of Phytocoris (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini), P. (Exophytocoris) raunolinnavuorii sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Lebanon. The new species, easily distinguished from all the other species of the subgenus by its coloration and male genitalia, belongs to the Phytocoris pinihalepensis-group. The new species lives on the conifers Abies cilicica (Antoine & Kotschy) Ca ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Acrosternum; Arctotheca; Campylomma; Coreidae; Cydnidae; Elasmolomus; Geocoris; Hebridae; Leptopterna; Lygaeidae; Metacanthus; Nesidiocoris; Psallus; Reduviidae; Saldidae; Taylorilygus; gender; holotypes; homonym; lectotypes; male genitalia; new combination; Ethiopia; Show all 24 Subjects
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... A list of 96 available genus-group taxa, 1459 available species-group taxa and 5 unavailable infrasubspecific taxa of Heteroptera described by Rauno E. Linnavuori is compiled. One new substitute name, Phytocoris (Eriamiris) rostriformis nom. nov., is proposed to replace the junior homonym Phytocoris rostratus Linnavuori, 2000b (Miridae). Taylorilygus nairobiensis nigricollis Linnavuori, 1974a is r ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Quercus virginiana; Tillandsia usneoides; adults; arthropod communities; biodiversity; eggs; females; indigenous species; insects; mosses and liverworts; new species; nymphs; woody plants; Central America; Latin America; Mexico; South America; South Carolina; Show all 19 Subjects
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... The bryocorine mirid Tenthecoris tillandsiae Henry (Hemiptera: Miridae) was described as a new species in 2016. Although the type locality is Charleston, South Carolina, the species is considered adventive in the United States and native to Latin America. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides [L.] L.; Bromeliaceae) is the plant bug's only known host. Tenthecoris tillandsiae was found in three countie ...
... 26 species from 18 genera of plant bugs are listed for Mangistau Province of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Four species (Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861, Psallus haematodes (Gmelin, 1790), Solenoxyphus lepidus (Puton, 1874) and Tuponia mixticolor (A. Costa, 1862)) are recorded from West Kazakhstan for the first time. ...
... Three new species of the genus Phytocoris, subgenus Soosocapsus, Phytocoris kalidii sp. n., Ph. reaumuriae sp. n., and Ph. kozlovi sp. n., are described from Mongolia. Two species, Phytocoris nitrariae Xu et Zheng, 1997 and Ph. jorgitooi Kerzhner et Schuh, 1995, are recorded from Mongolia for the first time. ...
... Almond and pistachio acreage in California has increased substantially from 2000 to 2014. Almond acreage has increased over 72% to 350,000 ha while pistachio acreage increased over 195% to 89,000 ha. At the same time, insecticide/miticide usage has increased over 300% to 4.7 applications per bearing ha in almonds and over 350% to 7.0 applications per bearing ha in pistachios. The key insect pest o ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Anthocoris nemorum; Atractotomus mali; Blepharidopterus angulatus; Deraeocoris; Lygus rugulipennis; Orius vicinus; Palomena; apples; canopy; fauna; insecticides; orchards; organic foods; species diversity; England; Show all 16 Subjects
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... The heteropteran fauna in three apple orchards in Kent and East Sussex, England was surveyed in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006. As a result of intensive sampling, a total of 104 species were recorded. Ninety species were recorded in an experimental apple orchard at East Malling Research, Kent, which had replicated plots subject to different pesticide management regimes, while 43 and 38 species were rec ...
Phytocoris, etc ; chemical composition; acetates; electroantennography; trapping; sex pheromones; scent glands; pheromone traps; pheromone blends; electrophysiology; antennae; sex attractants; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Female Phytocoris calli Knight produce a sex pheromone from metathoracic scent glands. The pheromone consists of hexyl acetate (HA; present in both sexes), with the female-specific compounds (E)-2-hexenyl acetate (E2HA), octyl acetate (OA), and (E)-2-octenyl acetate (E2OA). HA and E2OA are key components of the pheromone, since deletion of either ester from the blend resulted in a total suppressio ...
Phytocoris, etc ; Oncopeltus fasciatus; insect pheromones; aggregation pheromones; pheromone blends; insect attractants; chemical composition; males; sex pheromones; sex attractants; scent glands; electroantennography; insect flight; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The synthetic aggregation pheromone of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) (Lygaeinae), also attracted males of the plant bug, Phytocoris difficilis Knight (Miridae). Field testing partial blends against the six-component blend comprising the Oncopeltus pheromone showed that cross-attraction of P. difficilis males was due to synergism between (E)-2-octenyl acetate and (E,E)-2,4-h ...
Phytocoris, etc ; males; scent glands; insect pheromones; chemical composition; butyrates; sex pheromones; antennae; electrophysiology; electroantennography; pheromone traps; trapping; Maryland; Show all 13 Subjects
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... In plant bugs (Miridae), females produce sex pheromones in the metathoracic scent gland, which in most other true bugs (Heteroptera) is responsible for chemical defense. The possibility that the metathoracic gland secretion of male plant bugs plays a role other than defense has been largely overlooked. Here we show that in a pine-inhabiting mirid, Phytocoris difficilis Knight, hexyl butyrate and ( ...
Phytocoris, etc ; sex attractants; sex hormones; chemical composition; pheromone traps; Pistacia vera; orchards; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The sex attractant pheromone produced by adult females of the mirid bug Phytocoris californicus Knight has been identifed as a 2:1 blend of hexyl acetate and E2-octenyl acetate. The pheromone is stage-, sex-, and species-specific, attracting only adult male P. californicus. Hexyl acetate was identified in aeration extracts from both sexes, whereas E2-octenyl acetate was produced only by females. B ...
Phytocoris, etc ; male genitalia; insect morphology; insect taxonomy; biological nomenclature; taxonomic revisions; new status; new species; Virginia; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The plant bug Phytocoris hoffmani is described from specimens collected in Highland County, Virginia. This new species belongs to the Phytocoris junceus group and is most closely related to P. dreisbachi Knight. Photographs of the adult and figures of male genitalia of P. hoffmani are provided to help distinguish it from other species of Phytocoris. In addition, P. dentatus Knight, described from ...