Cardiastethus luridellus Fieber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae), a non-indigenous anthocorid discovered in Oregon

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by  John D Lattin

PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
104(4), 2002, pp. 1064-1065
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Cardiastethiis luhdellus Fieber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae),
a Non-Indigenous Anthocorid Discovered in Oregon
A specimen of Cardiastethus luhdellus 2001). These traps are baited with several
Fieber (Anthocoridae) was recovered on 26 types of lures to detect a variety of wood
June, 2000, from a Lindgren funnel trap boring insects. Mudge et al. (2001) reported
placed by the Oregon Department of Agri- eight exotic species ofwood-associated Co-
culture at businesses importing solid-wood leoptera and Hymenoptera from these sur-
packing material (SWPM) in Portland, veys. The attraction of a predatory bug to
Multnomah County, Oregon. The trap was one of these traps may provide a link be-
baited with an ultra-high release ethanol tween the bug and the potential prey attract-
lure. Described from Pennsylvania (Fieber ed to the same traps. Several Anthocoridae
1860), this bug remained known only from have been shown to be attracted to potential
the original description with the type from prey or to compounds released by plants be-
Pennsylvania until Lattin (1999a) collected ing attacked by herbivorous insects (e.g.,
it from a dead-leaf cluster ofa newly fallen Lattin 1999b, 2000).
oak tree in west-central Michigan. All ear- Torre-Bueno (1930) provided a key to the
lier literature records only repeated the orig- two species of Cardiastethus known to oc-
inal description (Blatchley 1926, Torre- cur in the northeastern United States. Car-
Bueno 1930, Henry 1988). Lattin (1999a) diastethus luhdellus is a mostly shining spe-
suggested that adult C. luhdellus fed on the cies with distinct pale pubescence on the
psocids and other small arthropods found in dorsum and a few longer setae along the
the dead-leaf clusters. The absence of edge of the pronotum. The matte-like ap-
nymphs in the leaf clusters suggests that pearance of the clavus and adjacent portion
other habitats, including subcorticular hab- of the corium in contrast to the otherwise
itats, might be utilized. The occurrence of shining dorsum are characteristic. There is a
this species from a chemical-baited trap at vague fuscous vitta along the apical portion
a site where solid wood products were re- of the cuneus where it contacts the mem-
ceived, far west of the known range of the brane. The membrane is uniformly fuscous
bug, indicates that Cardiastethus luhdellus except for a narrow portion adjacent to the
is non-indigenous in Oregon. Other intro- apex of the cuneus. Only the outer vein of
duced species of Anthocoridae also known the membrane is distinct plus a trace of the
from Oregon include Anthocoris netuoralis inner-most vein, the two middle veins are
(Fabricius), Dufouhella ater (Dufour), Lyc- not apparent. This is a small anthocorid (2.9
tocohs campesths (Fabricius), Orius min- mm). Cardiastethus pergandei Renter, the
utus (Linneaus), Xylocohs cursitans (Fall- other species in Torre-Bueno's key, is small-
en), and Xylocoris galactinus (Fieber). er (1.75 mm) and is known only from the
(Henry 1988; Lattin et al. 1989, 1999b. type from Washington, D.C. The Oregon
2000; Lattin unpublished; T Lewis, person- specimen of C. luhdellus has been deposited
al communication 2000). in the collections of the Oregon Department
Lindgren funnel traps have been placed of Agriculture, along with other material
at sites in Oregon and Washington receiving from this survey.
imported wood and other wood products Some of the insects from these traps are
since 1996, to detect exotic insect species indigenous to eastern North America, while
not known from the region (Mudge et al. others are exotic species previously known
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to be established in that region. The discov- eroptera: Anthocoridae). (heal Lakes Entomolo-
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