Seven Black Bug Species (Thyreocoridae) New for North Carolina, U.S.A.
Chordas SW and Blinn RL. 2014. Seven Black Bug Species (Thyreocoridae) New for North Carolina, U.S.A.. Entomological News. 124(1):57-63
The black bug (Thyreocoridae) holdings in the North Carolina State University Insect Collection were largely undocumented and potentially housed unreported species for the state. Because there were only six species reported for North Carolina (Henry and Froeschner, 1988), it was likely that additional records would be discovered. We identified the adult specimens in the collection to species and made augmentative field collections in 2013. We herein report the following seven species, in two genera, as state records for North Carolina: Corimelaena agrella, Corimelaena obscura, Corimelaena pulicaria, Galgupha aterrima, Galgupha carinata, Galgupha denudata, and Galgupha loboprostethia. All 7 species are known from the eastern U.S. and were probable for the state.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Chordas, Stephen; Blinn, Robert
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Biodiversity, black bugs, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Hemiptera, Insects, SER, Southeast Region, Thyreocoridae
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates