Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collected from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. In all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X- 2001 (1 male), 22-29 X 2001 (1 female), 9-16-XI- 2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Florida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)

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24  Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida Susan E. Halbert and Julieta Brambila Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collect-ed from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Flor-ida. In all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X-2001 (1  male), 22-29 X 2001 (1  female),  9-16-XI-2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Flor-ida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA). The bugs key to Cryptostemma sp. in McAtee and Malloch (1925)  and to Dipsocoridae in Stys (1995). The species found in Florida is not Cryp-tostemma usingeri Wygodzinsky or C. peduncula-tum McAtee and Malloch because both the male and female have a  small cell at the base of the undivided discal cell in the forewing (Wygodzinsky 1955). It is closer to Cryptostemma smithi McAtee and Malloch than to Cryptostemma uhleri McAtee and Malloch because antennal segment I is 3/4 the length of antennal segment II in both sexes. The wing venation appears sexually dimorphic. In the male, the discal and apical cells of the forewing are pedunculate, that is, not separated by a horizontal vein (nor by a  longitudinal one).  In the female, there is a horizontal vein between the cells. Other Dipsocoromorpha known from  Florida include two species in the family Schizopteridae and  one in  the  family Ceratocombidae (Henry 1988). Schizoptera bispina McAtee and Malloch and Nan-nocoris  arenarius  Blatchley,  both in the family Schizopteridae, are reported by Blatchley (1926). Ceratocombus vagans McAtee and Malloch, family Ceratocombidae, also was reported from Florida by Blatchley (1926). At least one additional species of Ceratocombidae has been collected in Everglades National Park, and specimens are in the FSCA. Acknowledgments. We thank Dr. James A. Slat-er, University of Connecticut, for confirming our find,  and Dr.  Slater and Dr.  Thomas J. Henry, USNM, for reviewing the manuscript. References cited Allison, D. and K.S. Pike. 1988. An inexpensive suction trap and its use in an aphid monitoring network. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 5: 103-107. Blatchley, W.S. 1926. Heteroptera, or true bugs, of eastern North America with especial refer-ence to the faunas ofIndiana and Florida. The Nature  Publishing Company, Indianapolis. 1116 pp. Henry, T.J. 1988. Family Ceratocombidae Fieber, 1861. The Ceratocombids. Pages 61-63 in T.J. Henry and R.C.  Froeschner (eds).  Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continental  United States. E.J. Brill, Leiden. 958 pp. McAtee, W.L. and J.R. Malloch. 1925. Revision of bugs ofthe family Cryptostemmatidae in the collection of the United States National Muse-um. Proceedings U.S. National Museum 67: 1-42. ~tys, P. 1995. Dipsocoridae. Chapter 16, pages 78-79 in R.T. Schuh and J.A. Slater (eds.). True bugs of the world (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and natural history.  Comstock Publishing  Associates, Cornell  University  Press, Ithaca, NY. 336 pp. Wygodzinsky, P. 1955. Description of a new Cryp-tostemmafrom North America. Pan-Pacific En-tomologist 31: 199-202. 

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida March 2002 Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida Susan E. Halbert Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Julieta Brambila Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Entomology Commons Halbert, Susan E. and Brambila, Julieta, "Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida" (2002). Insecta Mundi. 534. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/534 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 24 Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida Susan E. Halbert and Julieta Brambila Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collect- ed from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Flor- ida. In  all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X- 2001 (1 male), 22-29 X 2001 (1 female), 9-16-XI- 2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Flor- ida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA). The bugs key to Cryptostemma sp. in McAtee and Malloch (1925) and to Dipsocoridae in s tys  (1995). The species found in Florida is not Cryp- tostemma usingeri Wygodzinsky or C. peduncula- tum McAtee and Malloch because both the male and female have a small cell a t  the base of the undivided discal cell in the forewing (Wygodzinsky 1955). I t  is closer to Cryptostemma smithi McAtee and Malloch than to Cryptostemma uhleri McAtee and Malloch because antennal segment I is 314 the length of antennal segment I1 in both sexes. The wing venation appears sexually dimorphic. In  the male, the discal and apical cells of the forewing are pedunculate, that  is, not separated by a horizontal vein (nor by a longitudinal one). In the female, there is a horizontal vein between the cells. Other Dipsocoromorpha known from Florida include two species in the family Schizopteridae and one in the family Ceratocombidae (Henry 1988). Schizoptera bispina McAtee and Malloch and Nan- nocoris arenarius Blatchley, both in the family Schizopteridae, are reported by Blatchley (1926). Ceratocombus vagans McAtee and Malloch, family Ceratocombidae, also was reported from Florida by Blatchley (1926). At least one additional species of Ceratocombidae has been collected in Everglades National Park, and specimens are in the FSCA. Acknowledgments. We thank Dr. James A. Slat- er, University of Connecticut, for confirming our find, and Dr. Slater and Dr. Thomas J .  Henry, USNM, for reviewing the manuscript. References cited Allison, D. and K.S. Pike. 1988. An inexpensive suction trap and its use in a n  aphid monitoring network. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 5: 103-107. Blatchley, W.S. 1926. Heteroptera, or true bugs, of eastern North America with especial refer- ence to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis. 11 16 PP. Henry, T. J. 1988. Family Ceratocombidae Fieber, 1861. The Ceratocombids. Pages 61-63 in T.J. Henry and R.C. Froeschner (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continentalunited States. E.J. Brill, Leiden. 958 pp. I I McAtee, W.L. and J.R. Malloch. 1925. Revision of bugs of the family Cryptostemmatidae in the collection of the United States National Muse- um. Proceedings U.S. National Museum 67: 1- 42. Stys, P. 1995. Dipsocoridae. Chapter 16, pages 78- 79 in R.T. Schuh and J.A. Slater (eds.). True bugs of the world (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and natural history. Cornstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 336 pp. Wygodzinsky, P. 1955. Description of a new Cryp- tostemma from North America. Pan-Pacific En- tomologist 31: 199-202. 

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Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida 
Susan E. Halbert 
Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida 
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL 
Julieta Brambila 
Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida 
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL 
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Halbert, Susan E. and Brambila, Julieta, "Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida" 
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24 Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI 
Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) found for the first time in Florida 
Susan E. Halbert and Julieta Brambila 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods 
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 
Division of Plant Industry 
P.O. Box 147100 
Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA 
Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collect- 
ed from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a 
citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Flor- 
ida. In  all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X- 
2001 (1 male), 22-29 X 2001 (1 female), 9-16-XI- 
2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is 
the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Flor- 
ida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State 
Collection of Arthropods (FSCA). 
The bugs key to Cryptostemma sp. in McAtee 
and Malloch (1925) and to Dipsocoridae in s tys  
(1995). The species found in Florida is not Cryp- 
tostemma usingeri Wygodzinsky or C. peduncula- 
tum McAtee and Malloch because both the male 
and female have a small cell a t  the base of the 
undivided discal cell in the forewing (Wygodzinsky 
1955). I t  is closer to Cryptostemma smithi McAtee 
and Malloch than to Cryptostemma uhleri McAtee 
and Malloch because antennal segment I is 314 the 
length of antennal segment I1 in both sexes. The 
wing venation appears sexually dimorphic. In  the 
male, the discal and apical cells of the forewing are 
pedunculate, that  is, not separated by a horizontal 
vein (nor by a longitudinal one). In the female, 
there is a horizontal vein between the cells. 
Other Dipsocoromorpha known from Florida 
include two species in the family Schizopteridae 
and one in the family Ceratocombidae (Henry 1988). 
Schizoptera bispina McAtee and Malloch and Nan- 
nocoris arenarius Blatchley, both in the family 
Schizopteridae, are reported by Blatchley (1926). 
Ceratocombus vagans McAtee and Malloch, family 
Ceratocombidae, also was reported from Florida by 
Blatchley (1926). At least one additional species of 
Ceratocombidae has been collected in Everglades 
National Park, and specimens are in the FSCA. 
Acknowledgments. We thank Dr. James A. Slat- 
er, University of Connecticut, for confirming our 
find, and Dr. Slater and Dr. Thomas J .  Henry, 
USNM, for reviewing the manuscript. 
References cited 
Allison, D. and K.S. Pike. 1988. An inexpensive 
suction trap and its use in a n  aphid monitoring 
network. Journal of Agricultural Entomology 
5: 103-107. 
Blatchley, W.S. 1926. Heteroptera, or true bugs, 
of eastern North America with especial refer- 
ence to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. The 
Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis. 11 16 
PP. 
Henry, T. J. 1988. Family Ceratocombidae Fieber, 
1861. The Ceratocombids. Pages 61-63 in T.J. 
Henry and R.C. Froeschner (eds). Catalog of 
the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and 
the continentalunited States. E.J. Brill, Leiden. 
958 pp. I I 
McAtee, W.L. and J.R. Malloch. 1925. Revision 
of bugs of the family Cryptostemmatidae in the 
collection of the United States National Muse- 
um. Proceedings U.S. National Museum 67: 1- 
42. 
Stys, P. 1995. Dipsocoridae. Chapter 16, pages 78- 
79 in R.T. Schuh and J.A. Slater (eds.). True 
bugs of the world (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): 
Classification and natural history. Cornstock 
Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, 
Ithaca, NY. 336 pp. 
Wygodzinsky, P. 1955. Description of a new Cryp- 
tostemma from North America. Pan-Pacific En- 
tomologist 31: 199-202. 


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