Aradus apicalis, Van Duzee, 1920

Heiss, Ernst & Scudder, Geoffrey G. E., 2019, Aradidae (Heteroptera) new to North America and Canada, with some additional provincial and state records for Canada and the USA, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 821-829 : 824

Aradus apicalis VAN DUZEE, 1920 ( Fig. 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: BRITISH COLUMBIA: 1♀♀, Prince George , 12 Rd., 13-130-CN, 18.vii.1997 (B.S. Lindgren) [RBCM-ENT016-000727].

Described from California and recorded only from that state in HENRY & FROESCHNER (1988). The species is keyed by PARSHLEY (1921) who notes that it is similar to A. duzeei BERGROTH, 1892, but differs in the shape of the pronotum and in the genital structure. The pronotum is widest in the basal third, the rostrum reaches the mesosternum, and the genital lobes are short and truncate posteriorly.

Figures

Figs 1-11. (1) Aradus depressus, female (BC); (2) Aradus laeviusculus, male (BC); (3) Aradus apicalis, female (BC); (4-7) Aradus depressus male genitalic structures; 4-5 left paramere; 6 tergite IX, 7 left parandrium; (8-11) Aradus laeviusculus, male genitalic structures; (8-9) left paramere, (10) tergite IX, (11) left parandrium. Scales: 1mm (1-3); 0.1mm (4-11).