The black bug (Thyreocoridae) holdings in the North Carolina State University Insect Collection were largely undocumented and potentially housed unreported species for the state. Because there were only six species reported for North Caro lina (Henry and Froeschner, 1988), it was likely that additional records would be discovered. We identified the adult specimens in the collection to species and made augmentative field collections in 2013. We herein report the following seven species, in two genera, as state records for North Carolina: Cori mel aena agrella, Corimelaena obscura, Corimelaena pulicaria, Galgupha aterrima, Gal gup ha carinata, Galgupha denudata, and Galgupha loboprostethia. All 7 species are known from the eastern U.S. and were probable for the state. Specimens cited in this publication were entered into the Planetary Bio di versity Inventory (PBI) of the Plant Bugs database of the American Museum of Natural History. Lists of specimens examined were edited from reports generated from the PBI database. Collection data for all specimens are given in the following format: County, locality data (if recorded on label), coordinates if present on label or able to be determined, collection date, collector (if known), host (if known), number of specimens, and sex. McPherson (1982) and McAtee and Malloch (1933) were used as taxonomic references. Blatchley (1926), Henry and Froeschner (1988), and McPherson (1982) were used as species distribution references.

Pinned insect specimens stored in museum collections are a fragile and valuable resource for entomological research. As such, they are usually kept away from viewing by the public and hard to access by experts. Here we present a method for mass imaging insect specimens, using GigaPan technology to achieve highly explorable, many-megapixel panoramas of insect museum drawers. We discuss the advantages and limitations of the system, and describe future avenues of collections research using this technology.

Arenaeocoris gen. nov., and a new species, A. enervatus sp. nov., is described from southeastern United States. Diagnostic characters to distinguish the new genus from related taxa in the United States, illustrations of the species, and a key to the genera for the United States incorporating the new genus, are provided.

Abstract Understanding the habitat requirements of organisms associated with dead wood is important in order to conserve them in managed forests. Unfortunately, many of the less diverse saproxylic taxa, including Hemiptera, remain largely unstudied. An effort to rear insects from dead wood taken from two forest types (an upland pine-dominated and a bottomland mixed hardwood), three tree species (Liquidambar styraciflua [Sweetgum], Pinus taeda [Loblolly Pine], and Quercus nigra [Water Oak]), and two wood postures (standing snags and fallen logs) in South Carolina produced 435 Hemiptera belonging to eight families and 14 species. The most common (>25 individuals) species were Lyctocoris stalii, Systelloderes inusitatus, Lasiochilus fusculus, Mezira granulata, Calisius contubernalis (a new state record), and Catonia sp. Lyctocoris stalii and Systelloderes inusitatus were almost exclusively captured in the upland and bottomland forest, respectively. Systelloderes inusitatus and Mezira granulata were recovered only from logs. Catonia sp. only emerged from P. taeda logs. Among the less common species, all but two of the 21 specimens of Peritropis saldaeformis were collected from snags. Similarly, all four specimens of Calliodis temnostethoides collected emerged from the crowns of snags. These findings strongly indicate that saproxylic Hemiptera are unevenly distributed among forests, tree species, and wood postures in the southeastern United States. A wide variety of dead wood is clearly necessary to maintain this fauna.

Arenaeocoris gen. nov., and a new species, A. enervatus sp. nov., is described from southeastern United States. Diagnosticcharacters to distinguish the new genus from related taxa in the United States, illustrations of the species, and a key to the genera for the United States incorporating the new genus, are provided.

The Microphysidae is one of the smallest heteropteran families, comprised of 30 species and 10 extinct species in 5 genera (Henry 2009, Vinokurov et al. 2010). Only six species are known from Canada and the continental United States (Henry 1988, Schwartz 1989, Schwartz et al. 1991). Of these six species, only two, Chinaola quercicola Blatchley and Mallochiola gagates (McAtee and Malloch, 1924), are considered native to North America. The remaining four species are Palearctic in origin. Schuh and Slater (1995) presented an excellent review of the classification, morphology and natural history for the family. Microphysids are recognized by the presence of ocelli, a distinct cuneus, a single closed cell on the hemelytral membrane, and two-segmented tarsi.

New distribution records are presented for Diaditus tejanus and D. semicolon. Diagnoses and images are presented for distinguishing these taxa.

The New World genus Tagalis Stål is widely distributed in the tropics, being known from only three species: T. seminigra Champion from British Guiana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela; T. inornata Stål from Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatamala, Granada, Mexico, Panama, and Peru; and T. femorata Melo from Peru. McAtee & Malloch (1923) provided a key to the species known at the time separating T. inornata Stål into two subspecies, the nominate subspecies and T. inornata cubensis, from Cuba. Maldonado (1986) recorded T. inornata cubensis from Puerto Rico. More recently Melo (2008) described T. femorata and provided a key to the three species.

A new species of Saica is described from eastem United States. The forewing, male genitalia, and apex of the male and female abdomen are illustrated. A key to the Saicinae in America north of Mexico is provided and notes are provided for the other members of the subfamily in this geographic area. This is the second in a series of papers dealing with the Saicinae of the Western Hemisphere. The subfamily Saicinae is distributed throughout the world with 21 genera and 140 species listed by Maldonado-Capriles (1990). The subfamily attains its greatest species diversity in Southeast Asia and Africa where about 47 species and 35 species, respectively, have been described. In North America the subfamily is small, being represented by only three genera and five species, including the one described below. In this paper a new species of Saica is described from eastern North America and a key is provided to separate the saicine species recorded from America north of Mexico. Information on distribution and habits of the other species in the subfamily is provided. Label data for the holotype is quoted exactly using a slash (/) to indicate separate lines of a label and a semicolon to indicate separate labels. Measurements are in millimeters; measurements in parentheses are of the holotype. The following abbreviations are for institutions and their curators who kindly lent material used in this study: CBB-Cheryl B. Barr (private collection), Louisiana State

Seasonal history of the mirids Lygocoris aesculi (Knight), Microphylellus modestus Reuter, and Orthotylus aesculicola Blinn was followed on Aesculus glabra Willd. in central Missouri during 1985-86. The activity period of these univoltine plant bugs was confined to late March to early June, concurrent with the onset of flowering and leaf flush, with almost complete overlap between the species. The adult male of L. aesculi and the fifth-instar nymphs of all 3 species are described and illustrated.

-Reuteria craigi is described as new from Missouri, where it occurs on sugar maple, Acer saccharum Marshall (Aceraceae). The male genitalia are illustrated. Henry's (1976) key is modified to incorporate the new species. Members of Reuteria are characterized by black lines on each side of the 1st antennal segment which connect ventrally at the apex. They are small (3.7-4.7 mm), fragile, pale green, often with green blotches on the dorsum. Reuteria contains nine species; eight from eastern North America and one, marqueti Puton, from Europe. Herein a new species of Reuteria is described and Henry's (1976) key is modified to incorporate it. The following abbreviations are for institutions and collections cited in this paper: EMUM, Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri, Columbia; NCSU, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C; RLB, Robert L. Blinn Col lection; USNM, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. All measurements are in millimeters. Reuteria craigi, new species Fig. 1 Diagnosis. Recognized immediately from congeners by the unique structure of the left paramere of the male. The left arm of the paramere is bifurcate and curved dorsad, as in irrorata, and the right arm is strongly curved apically, as in wheeleri. Description. Holotype male: Length 4.00 (ranges of 9 paratypes and holotype, 3.95 4.30), width 1.33 (1.30-1.55). Dorsum: pale to white, marked with green; clothed with recumbent white or silvery pubescence. Head: width 0.63 (0.58-0.64), vertex 0.31 (0.31-0.33), tinged with green on clypeus and lorum. Rostrum: length 1.18 (1.13-1.25), reaching to middle of posterior coxae. Antennae: I, 0.38 (0.36-0.40), white, black lines stout; II, 1.25 (1.20-1.35), testaceous with narrow black annulus at base; III, 0.98 (0.96-1.00), testaceous; IV, 0.68 (0.54-0.68), testaceous. Pronotum: length 0.48 (0.45-0.50), width at base 0.94 (0.89-1.00), white, area of calli tinged with green. Hemelytra: translucent white, marked with green blotches on clavus and corium; scutellum and mesoscutellum white; outer margin of cuneus and apex of embolium tinged with green. Membrane: transparent, veins green. Venter: white. I Present address: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7613. This content downloaded from 157.55.39.251 on Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:13:19 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 1988 NEW SPECIES OF REUTERIA 379

Theseasonal history ofthemirid Pseudoxenetus regales (Uhler) wasfollowed on white oak,Quercus albaL., incentral Missouri during 1984-1986. Thisunivoltine species is aspecialist feeding only onoaks. Overwintering eggs hatched inearly April; adults first appeared inearly Mayandarepresent until theendofMay. Notes aregiven ontheNorthAmerican distribution, polymorphism, andhost plants. Thefifth-instar nymph isdescribed andillustrated. Pseudoxenetus regales (Uhler) iswidely distributed ineastern NorthAmerica (Car- valho, 1958) andoneofmanyplant bugs restricted tofeeding onoaks, Quercus spp. Despite this widedistribution, virtually nothing isknownregarding thebiology of this species. Twocolor morphs exist andwereinitially described asseparate species byUhler(1890). Themorph"scutellatus" usually hasablack pronotum andwhite scutellum and"regalis" usually hasanorange pronotum andwhite scutellum. Henry (1985) concluded thatregales andscutellatus wereconspecific andplaced regales as thesenior synonym ofscutellatus. Herein Ioutline theseasonal history ofP.regalis basedonsamples collected in Missouri during 1984-1986, discuss thedistribution, polymorphism, andthehost plants ofthis species, aswellasdescribe andillustrate thefifth instar nymph. STUDYSITEANDMETHODS Thestudy site inColumbia (Boone Co.), Missouri, wasanopenfield dominated bylarge white oak,Quercus albaL.,andshagbark hickory, Caryaovata (Mill.) K. Koch,with anunderstory ofclosely mowedgrasses andforbs, surrounded byamature oak-hickory woodland border. Isampled weekly fromearly Maytomid-June 1984. In1985-1986, sampling began inlate Marchtodetermine earliest eclosion andthereafter collections weremade every 3-4daysuntil adults werenolonger collected (early June). Mirids weresampled bysweeping branches withastandard 15-inch beating net. Allspecimens taken during ca.20minutes ofsampling werecaptured. Thenumbertakenwassmall, witha typical sample consisting ofonly4-10specimens. Immatures wereplaced inalcohol andsorted toinstar inthelaboratory; adults werekilled using ethyl acetate, mounted, labeled, anddeposited, withtheimmatures, asvoucher specimens intheWilbur R. EnnsEntomology Museum(EMUM),University ofMissouri-Columbia. Todetermine oviposition sites, adults werecagedontwigs ofwhite oakinthe laboratory andanyoviposition noted.