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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 62 Article 242008Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemusslossonae and Cryphula trimaculata, New forArkansas, U.S.A.Stephen W. Chordas IIIThe Ohio State University, chordas.2@osu.eduPeter W. KovarikColumbus State Community CollegeFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaasPart of the Entomology CommonsThis article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able toread, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking priorpermission from the publisher or the author.This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu.Recommended CitationChordas, Stephen W. III and Kovarik, Peter W. (2008) "Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemus slossonae and Cryphulatrimaculata, New for Arkansas, U.S.A.," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 62 , Article 24.Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol62/iss1/24Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 62, 2008147Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemus slossonae and Cryphula trimaculata,New for Arkansas, U.S.A.S. Chordas III1 and P. Kovarik21Center for Life Sciences Education, The Ohio State University, 260 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 432102Columbus State Community College 239 Crestview Road, Columbus, Ohio 432021Correspondence: chordas.2@osu.eduWe report Ischnodemus slossonae Van Duzee, 1909(Blissidae) and Cryphula trimaculata (Distant, 1882)(Rhyparochromidae) as new state records for Arkansas.We collected both macropterous and brachypterousforms of I. slossonae in Perry County from dip netsamples (Figure 1). Apparently the insects wereresiding on vegetation protruding through the waterand were knocked into the net during sweeping. Thisspecies is uncommon, but was not unexpected forArkansas as it is known from 2 adjacent states (Figure2). Slater (1979) was used for species identification.Voucher specimens were deposited into the C.A.Triplehorn Insect Collection (The Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus Ohio), the United StatesNational Museum (Smithsonian, Washington D.C.),and the first author’s collection (SWAC collection,Columbus Ohio). We thank Tom Henry (USNM,Washington D.C.) for verification of our identification.Figure 1. Arkansas collection site for Ischnodemus slossonae.Figure 2. Distribution of Ischnodemus slossonae North of Mexico.Ashlock and Slater (1988), and Maw et al. (2000)were used as distributional references for both species.Scudder (1962) was used for species identification ofC. trimaculata, which was collected in Newton County(see Figure 3). Arkansas is within this species rangeand was expected for the state. We include currentdistribution maps for both species (Figures 2 and 4) asit has been 20 years since comprehensive distributionswere provided by Ashlock and Slater (1988).Figure 3. Arkansas collection site for Cryphula trimaculata.Figure 4. Distribution of Cryphula trimaculata North of Mexico.Literature CitedAshlock PD and A Slater. 1988. Family Lygaeidae,the Seed and Chinch Bugs. Pp 167-245. In: T.J.Henry and R.C. Froeschner, Eds., Catalog of theHeteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and thecontinental United States. E.J. Brill. New York.Maw HEL, RG Foottit, KGA Hamilton, and GGEScudder. 2000. Checklist of the Hemiptera ofCanada and Alaska. NRC Research Press, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. 220 p.Scudder GGE. 1962. The world Rhyparochrominae(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). I. New synonym andgeneric changes. The Canadian Entomologist.94:764-773.Slater A. 1979. The systematics, phylogeny, and zoo-geography of the Blissinae of the world(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the AmericanMuseum of Natural History. 165(1):1-180.Collection site : Arkansas, PerryCounty. River-side flooded area& vegetation at State Route 216bridge over the Fourche LaFaveRiver: Dipnet: 10 April 2005:Steve W. Chordas III & Peter W.Kovarik : N35.00 : W-92.72 :5-♂ : 4-♀ArkansasConnecticutFloridaKansasMissouriNorth CarolinaTexasCollection Site : Arkansas,Newton County: Alum Cove,4.75km north of Deer,Arkansas. 23 February 2003:Henry W. Robison, collector:N35.84 : W-93.20 : 1 specimen,retained by the first author.ArkansasColoradoConnecticutFloridaIowaIllinoisIndianaKansasMassachusettsMissouriNorth CarolinaNew JerseyNew YorkOhioSouth Carolina+ Ontario(Canada)147Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 62 [2008], Art. 24Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2008

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 62 Article 24 2008 Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemus slossonae and Cryphula trimaculata, New for Arkansas, U.S.A. Stephen W. Chordas III The Ohio State University, stevechordas@sbcglobal.net Peter W. Kovarik Columbus State Community College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Chordas, Stephen W. III and Kovarik, Peter W. (2008) "Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemus slossonae and Cryphula trimaculata, New for Arkansas, U.S.A.," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 62 , Article 24. Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol62/iss1/24 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 62, 2008147Two Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera), Ischnodemus slossonae and Cryphula trimaculata,New for Arkansas, U.S.A.S. Chordas III1 and P. Kovarik21Center for Life Sciences Education, The Ohio State University, 260 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 432102Columbus State Community College 239 Crestview Road, Columbus, Ohio 432021Correspondence: chordas.2@osu.eduWe report Ischnodemus slossonae Van Duzee, 1909(Blissidae) and Cryphula trimaculata (Distant, 1882)(Rhyparochromidae) as new state records for Arkansas.We collected both macropterous and brachypterousforms of I. slossonae in Perry County from dip netsamples (Figure 1). Apparently the insects wereresiding on vegetation protruding through the waterand were knocked into the net during sweeping. Thisspecies is uncommon, but was not unexpected forArkansas as it is known from 2 adjacent states (Figure2). Slater (1979) was used for species identification.Voucher specimens were deposited into the C.A.Triplehorn Insect Collection (The Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus Ohio), the United StatesNational Museum (Smithsonian, Washington D.C.),and the first author’s collection (SWAC collection,Columbus Ohio). We thank Tom Henry (USNM,Washington D.C.) for verification of our identification.Figure 1. Arkansas collection site for Ischnodemus slossonae.Figure 2. Distribution of Ischnodemus slossonae North of Mexico.Ashlock and Slater (1988), and Maw et al. (2000)were used as distributional references for both species.Scudder (1962) was used for species identification ofC. trimaculata, which was collected in Newton County(see Figure 3). Arkansas is within this species rangeand was expected for the state. We include currentdistribution maps for both species (Figures 2 and 4) asit has been 20 years since comprehensive distributionswere provided by Ashlock and Slater (1988).Figure 3. Arkansas collection site for Cryphula trimaculata.Figure 4. Distribution of Cryphula trimaculata North of Mexico.Literature CitedAshlock PD and A Slater. 1988. Family Lygaeidae,the Seed and Chinch Bugs. Pp 167-245. In: T.J.Henry and R.C. Froeschner, Eds., Catalog of theHeteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and thecontinental United States. E.J. Brill. New York.Maw HEL, RG Foottit, KGA Hamilton, and GGEScudder. 2000. Checklist of the Hemiptera ofCanada and Alaska. NRC Research Press, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. 220 p.Scudder GGE. 1962. The world Rhyparochrominae(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). I. New synonym andgeneric changes. The Canadian Entomologist.94:764-773.Slater A. 1979. The systematics, phylogeny, and zoo-geography of the Blissinae of the world(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the AmericanMuseum of Natural History. 165(1):1-180.Collection site : Arkansas, PerryCounty. River-side flooded area& vegetation at State Route 216bridge over the Fourche LaFaveRiver: Dipnet: 10 April 2005:Steve W. Chordas III & Peter W.Kovarik : N35.00 : W-92.72 :5-♂ : 4-♀ArkansasConnecticutFloridaKansasMissouriNorth CarolinaTexasCollection Site : Arkansas,Newton County: Alum Cove,4.75km north of Deer,Arkansas. 23 February 2003:Henry W. Robison, collector:N35.84 : W-93.20 : 1 specimen,retained by the first author.ArkansasColoradoConnecticutFloridaIowaIllinoisIndianaKansasMassachusettsMissouriNorth CarolinaNew JerseyNew YorkOhioSouth Carolina+ Ontario(Canada)147Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 62 [2008], Art. 24Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2008

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