TY  - GEN
A1  - Eger, Joseph E., Jr.
A1  - Dobbs, Thomas T.
T1  - Mecidea longula Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Mecideini) is established in south Florida
T2  - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
N2  - A Caribbean species of Mecidea Dallas, M. longula Stål, apparently established in south Florida, is reported from the United States for the first time. Specimens were first collected in February 2008 in a light trap operated in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Collections in that trap have continued through the present. Searches near the trap location resulted in several specimens being taken from smutgrass, Sporobolus indicus (L.), an exotic grass now established throughout much of the southeastern United States. The three North American species of Mecidea are keyed and illustrated. In addition to the Florida locality, M. longula is reported for the first time from the British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts, St. Martin, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 0109 
KW  - Stink bug
KW  - first record
KW  - Florida
KW  - new host record
KW  - distribution
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/13675
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1145900
PB  - Center for Systematic Entomology
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -