Explanation of Names
Plinthisus (Plinthisus) brevipennis (Latreille 1807)
Size
♂ 2.5‒3.0 mm, ♀ 3.0‒3.2 mm
(1)Range
native to, and widespread in Europe, adventive in NA; established in the Pacific Northwest (BC‒OR) & ON
(1)Remarks
earliest record in our area: WA 1964
(1)Print References
Asquith A., Lattin J.D. (1991) A review of the introduced Lygaeidae of the Pacific Northwest, including the newly discovered Plinthisus brevipennis (Latreille) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 67: 258‒271
Contributed by
Tim Loh on 22 August, 2013 - 12:31am
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