Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Kment, Petr, 2011, Redescription of Pararhaphe and review of Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) of America north of Mexico, Zootaxa 3058, pp. 35-54 : 43-44

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201512

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6187819

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Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
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Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850 View in CoL

( Figs. 13–14 View FIGURES 9 – 14 )

Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850: 183 View in CoL , Tab. CCCXV: Fig. 968 (description, figure). Holotype: 3, USA: “ Carolina View in CoL ” (ex coll. Germar, current location unknown).

Arhaphe carolina: Stål (1870): 98 View in CoL (catalog, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Walker (1873): 36 View in CoL (catalog, faunistics).

Arhaphe carolina: Uhler (1886): 16 View in CoL (checklist, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Lethierry & Severin (1894): 240 View in CoL (catalog, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Barber (1910): 38 View in CoL (differential diagnosis from A. cicindeloides View in CoL [= A. arguta ]).

Araphe [sic!] carolina: Barber (1911): 28 (key).

Arhaphe carolina: Torre-Bueno (1913): 59 View in CoL (faunistics).

Arhaphe carolina View in CoL : Van Duzee (1916): 24 (checklist).

Arhaphe carolina View in CoL (partim): Van Duzee (1917): 205 (catalog, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Malloch (1921): 55 View in CoL : fig. 2 (figure of abdominal trichobothria).

Arhaphe carolina: Barber (1924): 228 View in CoL (key).

Arhaphe carolina: Blatchley (1926): 440 View in CoL (redescription, habitus figure, biology, habitat, distribution, faunistics). Arhaphe carolina: Hussey (1929): 27 View in CoL (catalog, distribution).

Araphe [sic!] carolina: Brimley (1938): 45 (faunistics: North Carolina ).

Arhaphe carolina: Torre-Bueno (1941): 113 View in CoL –114 (key to species, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Froeschner (1944): 645 View in CoL , 680 (key, figure of habitus, habitat, phenology, faunistics). Arhaphe carolina: Lattin (1958): 219 View in CoL (morphology, stridulatory apparatus).

Arhaphe carolina: Halstead (1972): 1 View in CoL –2, 6 (key, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Brailovsky & Marquez (1974): 102 View in CoL (comparative note, distribution). Arhaphe carolina: Slater & Baranowski (1978): 97 View in CoL (diagnosis, habitus drawing, distribution). Arhaphe carolina: Brailovsky (1981): 84 View in CoL –87, 105 (key, habitus photo, distribution, faunistics). Araphe [sic!] carolina: Bouseman (1988): 117 (habitat, host plant, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Henry (1988): 160 View in CoL (habitus drawing, catalog, distribution).

Arhaphe carolina: Schuh & Slater (1995): 269 View in CoL (diagnosis, habitus drawing, distribution). Arhaphe carolina: Hoffman (2005): 14 View in CoL –16 (habitus drawing, mimicry, distribution, faunistics).

Material examined (20 specimens). USA: Florida: Alahua Co.; Clay Co.; Highlands Co.: Sebring; Liberty Co.; Manatee Co.: Palma Sola; Putnam Co. ( FSCA, UMMZ). Louisiana: New Orleans ( MMBC). Missouri: Grenada Co.: Dabart Sta. ( UMMZ). South Carolina : Kerahaw Co.: Blaney ( UMMZ). Texas: Daris Mts., Ford Davis Quard, Phantom Lake ( UMMZ). MEXICO: Distrito Federal: Teupilco ( CISC). Estado de México: Temescaltepec, Bejucos ( CISC). Jalisco: Jalostotitlan, 4 km SW ( CISC).

Differential diagnosis. Arhaphe carolina is easily recognisable from the remaining species inhabiting the USA by its unpuncturated head (see the Key above).

Taxonomy. Uhler (1886) and later Bliven (1973) synonymised Arhaphe cicindeloides with A. carolina , which is not true (see comments under A. arguta and A. cicindeloides , respectively).

The senior author had the possibility to examine the specimens of A. carolina reported from Mexico by Distant (1893: 414); however, they do not belong to A. carolina but to an undescribed species.

Biology and ecology. Blatchley (1926) reported collecting the species twice while sweeping Ericads (single specimens) and four other specimens hibernating in bases of tufts of grass along a sandy roadway in Florida. Bouseman (1988) collected one macropterous and one brachypterous female on flowerheads of Caenothus americanus ( Rhamnaceae ) in Illinois. The specimen from Hoffman (2005) was collected scurrying across a trail on a hillside near Oriskany in Virginia.

Hoffman (2005) hypothesised that the subglobose head, color pattern, and quick movements of A. carolina suggest that it may be a facultative mutillid mimic.

Distribution. USA: Alabama ( Blatchley 1926, Henry 1988), “ Carolina ” ( Herrich-Schaeffer 1850, Van Duzee 1917), Florida ( Blatchley 1926, Torre-Bueno 1941, Brailovsky 1981, Henry 1988, this paper), Georgia ( Walker 1873, Van Duzee 1917, Blatchley 1926, Torre-Bueno 1941, Brailovsky 1981, Henry 1988), Illinois ( Bouseman 1988), Louisiana ( Torre-Bueno 1941, Henry 1988, this paper), Missouri ( Froeschner 1944, Henry 1988, this paper), North Carolina ( Torre-Bueno 1913, Brimley 1938, Torre-Bueno 1941, Brailovsky 1981, Henry 1988, Hoffman 2005), South Carolina ( Hoffman 2005, this paper), Tennessee ( Halstead 1972, Brailovsky 1981, Henry 1988), Texas ( Blatchley 1926, Torre-Bueno 1941, Henry 1988, this paper), Virginia ( Brailovsky 1981, Hoffman 2005). MEXICO ( Stål 1870, Walker 1873): Baja California ( Halstead 1972, Brailovsky 1981), Chihuahua ( Brailovsky 1981), Colima ( Brailovsky 1981), Distrito Federal ( Brailovsky 1981, this paper), Estado de México (this paper), Jalisco ( Brailovsky 1981, this paper), Nayarit ( Brailovsky 1981), Oaxaca ( Brailovsky 1981), Tabasco ( Brailovsky 1981), Veracruz ( Brailovsky 1981).

Previously the species was recorded by Uhler (1871) from material collected in eastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. Later it was recorded from Arizona by Snow (1904, 1906, 1907), Barber (1910), Van Duzee (1917), and Schmidt (1931). Henry (1988) listed A. carolina from Arizona and New Mexico with question marks. The senior author examined numerous material of Arhaphe from many localities in Arizona; however, it included no specimen of A. carolina , but A. arguta seems to be very common in the state. Therefore, there is good chance that the above mentioned records of A. carolina from Arizona belong in fact to A. arguta . Occurrence of A. carolina in Arizona and New Mexico certainly requires confirmation.

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

UMMZ

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology

MMBC

Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Largidae

Genus

Arhaphe

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Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Kment, Petr 2011
2011
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Arhaphe carolina:

Hoffman 2005: 14
Schuh 1995: 269
1995
Loc

Arhaphe carolina:

Henry 1988: 160
1988
Loc

Arhaphe carolina:

Bouseman 1988: 117
Brailovsky 1981: 84
Slater 1978: 97
Brailovsky 1974: 102
1974
Loc

Arhaphe carolina:

Halstead 1972: 1
1972
Loc

Arhaphe carolina:

Lattin 1958: 219
Froeschner 1944: 645
1944
Loc

Arhaphe carolina:

Torre-Bueno 1941: 113
1941
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Araphe [sic!] carolina:

Brimley 1938: 45
1938
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Arhaphe carolina:

Hussey 1929: 27
Blatchley 1926: 440
1926
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Arhaphe carolina:

Barber 1924: 228
1924
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Arhaphe carolina:

Malloch 1921: 55
1921
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Arhaphe carolina:

Torre-Bueno 1913: 59
1913
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Araphe [sic!] carolina:

Barber 1911: 28
1911
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Arhaphe carolina:

Barber 1910: 38
1910
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Arhaphe carolina:

Lethierry 1894: 240
1894
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Arhaphe carolina:

Uhler 1886: 16
1886
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Arhaphe carolina:

Walker 1873: 36
1873
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Arhaphe carolina: Stål (1870) : 98

Stal 1870: 98
1870
Loc

Arhaphe carolina

Herrich-Schaeffer 1850: 183
1850
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Arhaphe carolina

Van Duzee (1916) : 24
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Arhaphe carolina

Van Duzee (1917) : 205
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