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Species Microplax albofasciata


First North American record of the Palearctic Microplax albofasciata (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)
By Wheeler A.G., Henry T.J.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 117: 55-61, 2015

Lygaeidae collected in Western Texas, with a new Lygaeospilus from California
By Barber, H.G.
Ohio J. Sci. 48(2): 66-68, 1948

A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico. III. Family XI. Lygaeidae
By Torre-Bueno J.R. de la
Ent. amer. 26: 1–141, 1946

Concerning Lygaeidae--No.2.
By Barber, H.G.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 16(2): 49-66., 1918
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Barber, H.G. (1918) Concerning Lygaeidae--No.2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 16(2): 49-66.

Lygaeidae of the West Indies
By Baranowski, R.M., and J.A. Slater
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station; Gainesville., 2005
Baranowski, R.M., and J.A. Slater. 2005. Lygaeidae of the West Indies. Florida Agricultural Experiment Station; Gainesville. 266 p.

Seed Bugs and their allies (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) of the Canadian Prairie Provinces
By David J. Larson, G.G.E. Scudder
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 34, 2018
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Very nice work!

First Canadian records for two invasive seed-feeding bugs, Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798) and Raglius alboacuminatus
By Acheampong S., Strong W.B., Schwartz M.D., Higgins R.J., Thurston M.A., Walker E.J., Roberts J.
J. Ent. Soc. B.C. 113: 74-78, 2016
Full title: First Canadian records for two invasive seed-feeding bugs, Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798) and Raglius alboacuminatus (Goeze, 1778), and a range extension for a third species, Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Schilling, 1829) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

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it's ridiculous how long it took them to record R. alboacuminatus, of which we've had a nice pic from Vancouver Is. as early as 2009

Zoogeography of West Indian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera)
By Slater J.A.
In: J.K. Liebherr (ed.) Zoogeography of Caribbean Insects. Cornell U. Press, Ithaca, NY. Pp. 38-60, 1988