The first records from North Carolina, the southeasternmost for the United States, are given for five unintentionally introduced Palearctic heteropterans: the berytid Berytinus minor (Herrich-Schaeffer); the mirids Megalocoleus molliculus (Fallén), Orthocephalus coriaceus (F.), and Phoenicocoris dissimilis (Reuter); and the tingid Dictyla echii (Schrank). The bugs were collected at mid to high elevations (circa 825-2000 m) in the southern Appalachians. Their North American distributions and host-plant associations are reviewed.
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1 May 2006
FIRST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERNMOST U.S. RECORDS OF FIVE PALEARCTIC HETEROPTERANS (HEMIPTERA: BERYTIDAE, MIRIDAE, TINGIDAE)
A. G. Wheeler
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adventive species
Berytidae
Berytinus minor
Dictyla echii
Hemiptera
Insecta
Megalocoleus molliculus