Five species of Reuteria (Hemiptera: Miridae) new for Arkansas, USA

The plant bug genus Reuteria (Hemiptera: Miridae) is reported for the first time from Arkansas.  We conducted a light trapping project in the Ross Foundation Demonstration Area Forest (Clark County, Arkansas) during 2009 & 2010.  From this project we collected many True Bugs unreported in the literature for Arkansas.  In this presentation, five species of the Genus Reuteria obtained during this project are discussed.  We newly report 5 of the 8 known species in North America for Arkansas.  One of the species is a particularly interesting find as it was previously known only from specimens collected in Pennsylvania prior to 1976.  It apparently has not been found since.  We found over 30 specimens of this species, all collected during June of 2009 & 2010.  Another species has only been reported from 3 states east of the Mississippi river, and our specimens extend the range to the west.  The other three species are more common and were probable for Arkansas.  We also present updated distribution maps for each of the 5 species we report as new for Arkansas and discuss other Reuteria that may occur in Arkansas.