The Old World aradid Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (Fabricius), belonging to the subfamily Mezirinae, is reported for the first time from the Western Hemisphere. Since 2005, eight specimens have been intercepted at United States ports-of-entry in international commerce from Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Jamaica. Eventual study of specimens from the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Panama allowed us to confirm that this flat bug is established in the New World. Diagnostic information and illustrations of the adult male and female are provided to help distinguish this Old World aradid from other New World Mezirinae. Host associations and habits are discussed.
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28 October 2013
Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (Fabricius), an Old World Flat Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Mezirinae) Newly Discovered in the Western Hemisphere
Thomas J. Henry,
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert,
Warren E. Steiner Jr,
Ernst Heiss
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