Thomas Henry

United States Department of Agriculture | USDA · Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

The genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, endemic to Argentina, is reviewed. Mendozaphylus payuniense new species from Mendoza, M. similaris new species from Salta, and M. volckmannii new species from Neuquén are described as new. The nominal genus Ampimpacoris Weirauch and Schuh, 2010 is synonymized with Mendozaphylus, resulting in th...

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classification. In this context, the B Brazilian meg...

As a contribution to the Festschrift devoted to Dr. Aleksander Herczek, Adesmiaphylus n. gen., a new Phylini (Miridae: Phylinae) from the Andean-Patagonian region of Argentina, is described to accommodate two new species: A. manzanoensis, n. sp. from Neuquén Province and A. herczeki, n. sp. from Mendoza Province. Both species were collected on plan...

as a contribution to the Festschrift devoted to Dr. aleksander herczek, Adesmiaphylus n. gen., a new Phylini (Miridae: Phylinae) from the Andean-Patagonian region of Argentina, is described to accommodate two new species: A. manzanoensis, n. sp. from Neuquén Province and A. herczeki, n. sp. from Mendoza Province. Both species were collected on plan...

A new cryptic oxycarenid seed bug, Crophius arribus new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae), is described from the Mexican states of Chiapas, México, Puebla, and Querétaro, and Arizona, USA. The new species is assigned to the genus Crophius Stål even though the length of the labium and the number of fore femoral spines exceed the establi...

Five Heteroptera from Arizona/New Mexico are reported new to the United States: Pronotacantha armata Štusák [Berytidae], Tominotus hogenhoferi (Signoret) [Cydnidae], and Calocorisca tenera Distant, Fulvius atratus Distant, and Macrolophus saileri Carvalho [Miridae]. Reviews of the pertinent literature, distribution records, and known host informati...

Seven new species of the orthotyline mirid genus Hyalochloria Reuter (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) are described: H. dominicae new species and H. wheeleri new species from Dominica; H. decora new species, H. modesta new species, and H. sulcata new species from Ecuador; H. maldonadoi new species from Puerto Rico; and H. trinidadensis new species from Tri...

The grass-feeding genus Gracilimiris Stonedahl and Henry, 1991 is reviewed and G. rubrolineatus new species, from Arizona and Texas, USA, is described. Provided are a diagnosis, description, and digital images of the adult male and female and male genitalia of G. rubrolineatus; diagnoses, male habitus images, and summary of hosts and distributions...

The hoplinine stilt bugs (Heteroptera: Berytidae: Gampsocorinae) Hoplinus cincospinus Henry, new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Parajalysus brunneus Henry, new species from Par, Brazil, are described. A diagnosis, description, and digital images of the adult and selected structures are provided for each species and a revised key to the spec...

The New World eccritotarsine genus Cyrtocapsus Reuter (Miridae: Bryocorinae) is revised. Cyrtocapsus andinus Carvalho, 1954, n. syn. is synonymized as a junior synonym of Capsus caligineus Stål, 1859; Pirithous pallipes Distant, 1884, is resurrected from synonymy as the next available name for C. caligineus of authors; Miccus elutipes Bergroth, 191...

The long-misidentified stalk-eyed bug Epipolops quadrispinus Stl is redescribed and its identity is clarified, and Epipolops tuberculatus new species is described from Colombia based on specimens previously misidentified as E. quadrispinus. Dorsal and lateral habitus images of the adults and male genital capsules are provided to facilitate identifi...

Centrocoris volxemi (Puton) is a Palearctic coreid native to the Irano-Turanian floristic region and is reported here for the first time in North America and the western US (Utah and Idaho). The species was collected during surveys in Utah in 2021. We also discuss online records and images from 20202021 in Utah and Idaho that appear consistent with...

The stilt bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Berytidae) of Guatemala are reviewed. Previously, seven species were recorded from the country. Three species are recorded as new to Guatemala: Oedalocanthus ornatus Henry, 1996; Pronotacantha concolor Henry, 1997; and Metacanthus multispinus (Ashmead, 1887). Four additional species have not been recorded fro...

Eight Heteroptera are reported for the first time from Florida, including five that represent new United States records: Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (Fabricus) (Aradidae), Eubule spartocerana Brailovsky (Coreidae), and the Miridae: Pycnoderes vanduzeei Reuter, Rhinacloa cardini Barber and Bruner, and Termatophyloides pilosulus Carvalho. Miridae rep...

The new orthotyline genus and species Pseudothenicus rubropunctatus, new genus and new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) is described from two counties in southern Arizona. Provided are diagnoses, descriptions, and habitus and genitalic images of the new genus and new species to help distinguish this new bug from other western US Miridae.

The stilt bug genus Metajalysus Štusák is revised and three new species are recognized. A neotype of the type species, M. horvathi Štusák, is designated and the new species M. clavatus, n. sp. from Argentina, M. graziae, n. sp. from Argentina and Bolivia, and M. pilosus, n. sp. from Ecuador are described. Digital images of the adult male and female...

The serendipitous discovery of the plant bug Eurycipitia clara (Distant)(Heterop tera: Miridae: Bryoccorinae: Eccritotarsini) attracted to meloid beetles and a cantharidin extract led to an expanded study of this poorly known heteropteran. The production of a cantharidin extract from meloid beetles, which was effective in attracting this plant bug,...

The subfamily Isometopinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from India and Sri Lanka is reviewed. Nine genera and seventeen species are recorded from both countries, keyed, illustrated, and diagnosed. Six species are described as new: Astroscopometopus hesaraghattaensis, n. sp., Isometopus webbi, n. sp. and Isometopus wolskii, n. sp., Iso...

ABSTRACT Cattle production is one of the main economic activities in the state of Roraima, and insect pest attacks in pastures have a negative effect on this sector in the region. Little is known about the species that cause damage to forage fields in the state. This study presents the first report of the occurrence of the chinch bug Blissus pulche...

http://lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org/ The Lygaeoidea Species File database contains taxonomic and other information about all the seed bugs of the world, both living and fossil. This online catalog is under continual development as more specimen data and other information are added. The Lygaeoidea Species File is based on the world catalogues of Slate...

The bryocorine genus Caulotops Bergroth (Miridae: Eccritotarsini), originally described to accommodate its only species C. puncticollis Bergroth, is shown not to be congeneric with all other species now included in the genus from North, Central, and northern South America. Consequently, four new genera are established for the following 20 species,...

The new genus and species Cuyonysius flavidus, n. gen. and n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Orsillinae), described from San Juan Province, Argentina, is tentatively placed in the orsilline tribe Metrargini, based on the lack of a dorsal lobe on the conjunctiva, punctures along the claval suture, and the punctate buccula. Color digital ima...

The new stilt bug genus Bajacanthus, n. gen., and new species B. immaculatus, n. sp. are described from the Vizcaino Peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The berytid was discovered on the recently described endemic plant, Bajacalia moranii B. L. Turner (Asteraceae). A diagnosis, description, digital images of the adult male and female, the mal...

The scentless plant bug genus Niesthrea Spinola, 1837 (Rhopalinae, Niesthreini) is revised. Fourteen previously described species are diagnosed; Niesthrea ashlocki Froeschner, 1989 and Niesthrea remediana Grillo and Alayo, 1978 (revised synonymy) are synonymized under Niesthrea flava Grillo and Alayo, 1978; Niesthrea parasidae Grillo and Alayo, 197...

An agave bug Caulotops distanti Reuter (Hemiptera: Miridae) is considered a potential pest of agaves in Guerrero, Mexico. Specimens were collected on the leaves of mezcal agave (Agave vivipara L., and Agave cupreata Trel & Berger) (Asparagaceae) in plantations in Quetzalapa, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero, Mexico. This is the first report C. di...

Two species of the plant bug genus Falconia Distant recently discovered in the United States are reported. Falconia maculipennis Maldonado, a species described from Puerto Rico, is documented for the first time from the Dominican Republic (Monsenor Noel and Pedernales provinces) and the United States (Florida). Falconia collaris, new species, is de...

The detection of Deraeocoris orientalis (Distant) [Heteroptera: Miridae] from Oahu and Maui, Hawaii, provides the first Hawaiian and U.S. records for this deraeocorine plant bug, which becomes the first member of the mainly predatory subfamily Deraeocorinae recorded from the state. A Neotropical psyllid, Euceropsylla orizabensis (Crawford) [Aucheno...

The plant bug genus Semium Reuter, previously containing six species, is reviewed and the new Mexican species Semium albocuneatum from Puebla and S. cervantesi from Guerrero, and S. texanum from western Texas are described. Previously known species are diagnosed and redescribed, a color dorsal illustration of S. albocuneatum, color dorsal images of...

The New World lace bugs (Tingidae) Acalypta emarginata, n. sp., from Guatemala, and Cervantestingis galeata, n. gen. and n. sp., from Veracruz, Mexico, are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. The discovery of Acalypta emarginata in Central America represents one of the southern-most hemisphere records for a species of this largely temperate, mos...

The Palearctic plant bug Rhabdomiris striatellus (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) is reported for the first time in North America, based on specimens collected on pin oak, Quercus palustris Münchh., and white oak, Q. alba L. (Fagaceae), from Long Island, New York. A diagnosis and photographs of the adult male and female are provided and...

This chapter presents an overview of the seven infraorders and the 91 currently recognized families of Heteroptera. For each family, it provides a brief diagnosis, selected information on their habits and economic importance, references to the key literature, and known numbers of species. The chapter also discusses the importance of understanding h...

The lace bug (Tingidae) genera belonging to the New World Tigava complex are reviewed. The two new genera and new species Mexicotingis brailovskyi, from México, and Paraceratotingis convergens, from Venezuela, are described. Diagnoses, descriptions, and digital color photographs of the new taxa, diagnoses and digital photographs of the heads and pr...

The new plant bug Eccritotarsus eichhorniae is described from specimens taken on water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in Maynas Province, Peru. This new species is extremely similar to Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Carvalho), a species described from Santa Catarina, Brazil. These two populations were considered conspecific until COI sequencing data...

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874, for a species of rhyparochromid bugs from East Asia. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872, which has seldom been used since its first publication. The...

A new species of the phyline plant bug genus Rubrocuneocoris Schuh (Hetereroptera: Miridae) is described from Hawaii. Although known only from the Oahu and Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands, it is considered an adventive species originating from elsewhere in eastern Asia or the Indo-Pacific Region. A diagnosis, description, habitus images, and illustr...

The eccritotarsine plant bug genus Sinervus Stål is revised and the species S. apicalis, n. sp. from Honduras and S. cunealis, n. sp. and S. egeri, n. sp. from Brazil are described, bringing the total species in the genus to 11. Sinervus and the nine previously known species are diagnosed and the three new species are described. The genus Sinervasp...

There are many examples of cryptic species that have been identified through DNA-barcoding or other genetic techniques. There are, however, very few confirmations of cryptic species being reproductively isolated. This study presents one of the few cases of cryptic species that has been confirmed to be reproductively isolated and therefore true spec...

The new eccritotarsine plant bug, Tenthecoris tillandsiae (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae), is described from specimens taken on Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, growing on various deciduous and coniferous trees, in southeastern South Carolina, USA. This species represents the first record of the genus Tenthecoris Scott from the United States...

The mirid Engytatus varians (Distant) was recently found in Mexico attacking the nymphs of the psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae), one of the most important pests of vegetable crops in several countries. The life cycle and several life parameters of this insect, including nymphal growth according to Dyar's rule, were exami...

Prior to this study, the genus HeraeusStål, 1862 included 14 species, all of which are restricted to the Western Hemisphere. Three species are known from the Nearctic Region, nine from the Neotropical Region, and two mainly tropical elements are distributed in both regions. In this contribution, we consider Heraeus cincticornisStål, 1874 a junior s...

The relationships the African genera Gampsoacantha Josifov and Štusák, 1987, Gampsocoris Fuss, 1852, and Micrometacanthus Lindberg, 1985 (Berytidae: Gampsocorinae) are discussed. Gampsocoris gomeranus Wagner, 1965, having a median anterior spine and three basal processes on the pronotum and a short, round antennal segment IV, is transferred to the...

Records of Heteroptera collected at butterfly traps baited with fish or shrimp carrion during collecting trips to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are presented. Traps consisted of a cylinder of net fabric (about 35 cm diameter × 75 cm length) attached on the top and bottom to square pieces of wood slightly larger than the diameter of t...

The Lygaeoidea, representing the second largest superfamily in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha, are one of the most diverse groups of Heteroptera with about 700 genera and more than 4,200 species in the world. In the Neotropics, about 184 genera and 836 species are included in 12 of the world’s 16 families. For each family, we provide a diagnosis; a...

The genus Isometocoris Carvalho and Sailer is reviewed and I. penicillus, new species, from Brazil is described. Diagnoses of the genus and included species I. blantoni Carvalho and Sailer and I. penicillus, n. sp., are given; a color adult habitus photo of both Isometocoris species, male genitalic drawings of Isometocoris penicillus n. sp., and sc...

The largely New World genus Crophius St al, revised status, and Mayana Distant, revised status, are resurrected from synonymy with the genus Anomaloptera Amyot and Serville, which is restricted to contain only the type species, A. helianthemi Amyot and Serville, from the western Mediterranean Region. Mayana, previously also considered a junior syno...

The new blissid genus Wheelerodemus is described to accommodate the new species W. muhlenbergiae, based on specimens collected on the grasses Muhlenbergia lindheimeri and M. reverchonii from the Arbuckle Mountains in southcentral Oklahoma and the Edward's Plateau in westcentral Texas. Because the size of specimens from Oklahoma appeared consistentl...

The Renodaeus group, a monophyletic assemblage of genera within the New World orthotyline tribe Ceratocapsini, comprising eight genera, including four new ones, is defined; and 48 species are treated, including 26 described as new and 12 transferred from Ceratocapsus Reuter as new combinations. Ceratocapsidea gen. n. is described to accommodate the...