Chordas, S. W., III

McAllister, C. T.

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 69 Article 24 2015 Eastern Boxelder Bug, Boisea trivittata (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Confirmation in Arkansas S. W. Chordas III Ohio State University C. T. McAllister Eastern Oklahoma State College, cmcallister@se.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Chordas, S. W. III and McAllister, C. T. (2015) "Eastern Boxelder Bug, Boisea trivittata (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Confirmation in Arkansas," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 69 , Article 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54119/jaas.2015.6918 Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol69/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. 1*Correspondence: cmcallister@se.eduRunning Title:grown trFroeschner (1988). Several more recent reports havedocumented new records for the state (see Chordas etal. 2014). Although common and widespread, Chordaset al. (2005) pointed out that the eastern boxelder bug,Boisea trivittataArkansas list by Henry and Froeschner (1988).Although surprising, given the commonality of thisbug, our literature search did not contradict the notionof the lack of a refereed published report of this speciesfor Ardeposited voucher specimens, for the state.bugs from a terrestrial habitat at Flint Creek, SW ofGentry off county road 10, in Benton County(36°14’23.23”N, 94°3Bugs were collected with a standard insect sweep net,placed in 70% ethanol and forwarded to SWC foridentification. Voucher specimens were deposited intothe C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (The Ohio StateUniversity, Coluand Froeschner (1988),al. (2003),literature search were used for published distributionreferences.nymphcollected along a cobble and sandy habitat from nearthe shore of Flint Creek (Fig. 1). We estimate anaggregation of over 500 bugs were in and among thishabitat.mainly on the seeds of maple (soapberry (occasionally an urban nuisance pest around homes.on-multiple and very nice color photos of the species;thus, we do not include an image here.Center for Life Sciences Education, TheThe documented hemipteran fauna of Arkansas hasOn 19 March 2014, CTM collected numerous plantBugs were identified as males, females andBoisea trivittataline image search for “In North America,emendously since taxa listed in Henry andkansas. Here, we documents ofThe Eastern Boxelder Bug,Palazzo and Setzer (2009)B. trivittataThe Eastern Boxelder Bug in ArkansasSapindus saponaria(Say, 1825) was not included in thembus, Ohio). Brimley (1938),2Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK 74745is a scentless plant bug tha0’00.03”W, elevation 330 m).Maw et al. (2000), Grimnes et. Numerous specimens wereB. trivittataJournal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69, 2015BoiseaS.W. Chordas III)trivittata”B. trivittataAceris native to most ofConfirmation in ArkansasOhio State University, 260 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210and a WorldCattrees and arespp.) andwill yieldBoisea trivittata, withHenryt feeds1An130and C.T. McAllisterFigure 1. Collection site at Flint Creek (FC) where a largeaggregate ofaerial view of shoreline (arrow). B. Ground view of site lookingsouthwest showing cobble and sand on shoreline (arrow).the continental United States and Canada, excluding thevery western parts (Fig. 2).and note about this species is posted on the Universityof Arkansas Arthropod Museum website (seehttp://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/boxbug.html), insofaras we were able to determine, we provide the firstliterature record for(Hemiptera: Rhopalidae):2*Boisea trivittataB. trivittatawas encountered. A. GoogleEarthAlthough a phin Arkansas.otograph130Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69 [2015], Art. 24Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2015records forin the USA and four records in Canada as followsAlabama, Arizona,Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, NewJersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, NorthDakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Maryland, Massachusetts,Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,PennsyTexas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.CanadaFigure 2. Distribution map ofLight shading (previous records); dark shading (confirmationrecord).AcknowledgmentsScientific Collecting Permit to CTM.A tabulation of literature geographic distributionThe Arkansas Game and Fish Commission issued alvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee,: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan.B. trivittataArkansas(Fig. 2) includes 39 records, 35Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69, 2015Boisea trivittata(Confirmation RecordThe Eastern Boxelder Bugnorth of Mexico.:),131Literature CitedBrimley CSChordas SW IIIChordas SW IIIGrimnes KAHenry TJMaw HELPalazzo MCin Arkansasbeing a list of insects of North Carolina and theirclose relatives. Raleigh (NC): North CarolinaDepartment of Agriculture, Division ofEntomology. 560 p.BG Crumpstate records of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)from Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academyof Science 59:432014.Megalonotus sabulicolaRhyparochromidae): New for Arkansas. Journal ofthe Arkansas Academy of Science 68:135production in the Boxelder Bug(Hemiptera: Rhopalidae). Great LakesEntomologist 36:160Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and thecontinental US. New York (NY): E. J. Brill. 958p.GGEof Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Ontario (Canada):NRC Research Press. 220 p.hydrocarbons may serve as antipredation defensecompounds inNatural Product Communications 4:457. 1938. The insects of North Carolina,The introduced dirt,and,ScudderD MillerRC FroeschnerRG Foottitand,and, CT McAllister.WN SetzerBoisea trivittataHW RobisonPW K-50.2000. Checklist of the Hemipteraand-165.ovarikAJ Wyman,. 1988. Catalog of theKGA Hamilton. 2009. Monoterpene. 2005. Fiftyand-colored seed, the boxel, EG ChapmanBoisea trivittataHW Robison. 2003. Egg(Hemiptera:--459.136.der bug.-fourbug,and,.131Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69 [2015], Art. 24https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol69/iss1/24DOI: https://doi.org/10.54119/jaas.2015.6918

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 69 Article 242015Eastern Boxelder Bug, Boisea trivittata (Hemiptera:Rhopalidae) Confirmation in ArkansasS. W. Chordas IIIOhio State UniversityC. T. McAllisterEastern Oklahoma State College, cmcallister@se.eduFollow 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, ccmiddle@uark.edu.Recommended CitationChordas, S. W. III and McAllister, C. T. (2015) "Eastern Boxelder Bug, Boisea trivittata (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Confirmation inArkansas," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 69 , Article 24.Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol69/iss1/241*Correspondence: cmcallister@se.eduRunning Title:grown trFroeschner (1988). Several more recent reports havedocumented new records for the state (see Chordas etal. 2014). Although common and widespread, Chordaset al. (2005) pointed out that the eastern boxelder bug,Boisea trivittataArkansas list by Henry and Froeschner (1988).Although surprising, given the commonality of thisbug, our literature search did not contradict the notionof the lack of a refereed published report of this speciesfor Ardeposited voucher specimens, for the state.bugs from a terrestrial habitat at Flint Creek, SW ofGentry off county road 10, in Benton County(36°14’23.23”N, 94°3Bugs were collected with a standard insect sweep net,placed in 70% ethanol and forwarded to SWC foridentification. Voucher specimens were deposited intothe C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (The Ohio StateUniversity, Coluand Froeschner (1988),al. (2003),literature search were used for published distributionreferences.nymphcollected along a cobble and sandy habitat from nearthe shore of Flint Creek (Fig. 1). We estimate anaggregation of over 500 bugs were in and among thishabitat.mainly on the seeds of maple (soapberry (occasionally an urban nuisance pest around homes.on-multiple and very nice color photos of the species;thus, we do not include an image here.Center for Life Sciences Education, TheThe documented hemipteran fauna of Arkansas hasOn 19 March 2014, CTM collected numerous plantBugs were identified as males, females andBoisea trivittataline image search for “In North America,emendously since taxa listed in Henry andkansas. Here, we documents ofThe Eastern Boxelder Bug,Palazzo and Setzer (2009)B. trivittataThe Eastern Boxelder Bug in ArkansasSapindus saponaria(Say, 1825) was not included in thembus, Ohio). Brimley (1938),2Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK 74745is a scentless plant bug tha0’00.03”W, elevation 330 m).Maw et al. (2000), Grimnes et. Numerous specimens wereB. trivittataJournal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69, 2015BoiseaS.W. Chordas III)trivittata”B. trivittataAceris native to most ofConfirmation in ArkansasOhio State University, 260 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210and a WorldCattrees and arespp.) andwill yieldBoisea trivittata, withHenryt feeds1An130and C.T. McAllisterFigure 1. Collection site at Flint Creek (FC) where a largeaggregate ofaerial view of shoreline (arrow). B. Ground view of site lookingsouthwest showing cobble and sand on shoreline (arrow).the continental United States and Canada, excluding thevery western parts (Fig. 2).and note about this species is posted on the Universityof Arkansas Arthropod Museum website (seehttp://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/boxbug.html), insofaras we were able to determine, we provide the firstliterature record for(Hemiptera: Rhopalidae):2*Boisea trivittataB. trivittatawas encountered. A. GoogleEarthAlthough a phin Arkansas.otograph130Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69 [2015], Art. 24Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2015records forin the USA and four records in Canada as followsAlabama, Arizona,Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, NewJersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, NorthDakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Maryland, Massachusetts,Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,PennsyTexas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.CanadaFigure 2. Distribution map ofLight shading (previous records); dark shading (confirmationrecord).AcknowledgmentsScientific Collecting Permit to CTM.A tabulation of literature geographic distributionThe Arkansas Game and Fish Commission issued alvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee,: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan.B. trivittataArkansas(Fig. 2) includes 39 records, 35Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69, 2015Boisea trivittata(Confirmation RecordThe Eastern Boxelder Bugnorth of Mexico.:),131Literature CitedBrimley CSChordas SW IIIChordas SW IIIGrimnes KAHenry TJMaw HELPalazzo MCin Arkansasbeing a list of insects of North Carolina and theirclose relatives. Raleigh (NC): North CarolinaDepartment of Agriculture, Division ofEntomology. 560 p.BG Crumpstate records of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)from Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academyof Science 59:432014.Megalonotus sabulicolaRhyparochromidae): New for Arkansas. Journal ofthe Arkansas Academy of Science 68:135production in the Boxelder Bug(Hemiptera: Rhopalidae). Great LakesEntomologist 36:160Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and thecontinental US. New York (NY): E. J. Brill. 958p.GGEof Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Ontario (Canada):NRC Research Press. 220 p.hydrocarbons may serve as antipredation defensecompounds inNatural Product Communications 4:457. 1938. The insects of North Carolina,The introduced dirt,and,ScudderD MillerRC FroeschnerRG Foottitand,and, CT McAllister.WN SetzerBoisea trivittataHW RobisonPW K-50.2000. Checklist of the Hemipteraand-165.ovarikAJ Wyman,. 1988. Catalog of theKGA Hamilton. 2009. Monoterpene. 2005. Fiftyand-colored seed, the boxel, EG ChapmanBoisea trivittataHW Robison. 2003. Egg(Hemiptera:--459.136.der bug.-fourbug,and,.131Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69 [2015], Art. 24http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol69/iss1/24

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