Check List 12(5): e19576, doi: 10.15560/12.5.1974
Checklist of the broad-headed bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Alydidae) of Alabama, United States
expand article infoCarl Scott Clem‡, Charles H. Ray‡
‡ Auburn University, United States of America

Corresponding author: Carl Clem ( csc0013@tigermail.auburn.edu )

© 2017 Carl Clem, Charles Ray.
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Citation: Ray C, Clem C (2016) Checklist of the broad-headed bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Alydidae) of Alabama, United States. Check List 12(5): 1974. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1974
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Abstract
The purpose of this project was to investigate the distribution of the insect family Alydidae in the state of Alabama. Eight species and six genera were confirmed to be present, and all are new state records. The genus Hyalymenus and the species Stenocoris furcifera were previously only recorded in Florida, but are distributed well within Alabama. Although North American members of this family are not economically important, destructive species do exist in Asia and Africa. This information, therefore, will be useful in the potential event of an introduction.
Keywords
Heteroptera; Alydinae; Micrelytrinae