Melanotrichus boydi, a new species of plant bug (Heteroptera : Miridae : Orthotylini) restricted to the nickel hyperaccumulator Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae)

Authors
Schwartz, MD Wall, MA
Citation
Md. Schwartz et Ma. Wall, Melanotrichus boydi, a new species of plant bug (Heteroptera : Miridae : Orthotylini) restricted to the nickel hyperaccumulator Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae), PAN PAC ENT, 77(1), 2001, pp. 39-44
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST
ISSN journal
00310603 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
39 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0603(200101)77:1<39:MBANSO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Melanotrichus boydi, NEW SPECIES is described from the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The nickel hyperaccumulating sp ecies, Streptanthus polygaloides (Gray), Brassicaceae, an endemic to serpen tine soils, is its only known host plant.