Aradus antennalis PARSHLEY , 1921

Heiss, Ernst & Barr, Cheryl, 2017, Seining watercourses, a new method for collecting flat bugs? (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 131-145 : 133

Aradus antennalis PARSHLEY, 1921 ( Photo 3 , Fig. 8)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:13, 29.VI.1991; 13, 25.IV.1992; 13, 22.V.1994; 13, 27.V.2016 (4 specimens).

This species is recorded so far only from the western states of California, Idaho, and Washington, the midwestern state of Nebraska, and British Columbia in Canada. It was formerly confused with Aradus kormilevi HEISS, 1980, which is widely distributed in eastern USA and Canada.

Figures

Photo 3: Figs 5-10. (5) Aradus ampliatus, female (10.9mm); (6) Aradus apicalis, male (5.4mm); (7) Aradus apicalis, female (6.6mm); (8) Aradus antennalis, male (3.5mm); (9) Aradus behrensi, male (5.4mm); (10) Aradus behrensi, female (6.1mm).