First Report of the Plant Bug Collaria oculata (Reuter, 1871) (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Oklahoma

Abstract

Collaria oculata (Reuter, 1871) (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirinae) is a grass-feeding plant bug (Knight 1941) previously reported from 23 U.S. States and three Provinces of Canada (Fig. 1) (the Alberta literature record was questioned by Maw et al. [2000]; we follow their listing) (Henry and Wheeler 1988; Maw et al. 2000; Chordas et al. 2011). A report of C. oculata from neighboring Arkansas (Chordas et al. 2011) prompted our search for specimens in Oklahoma because the presence of this species was considered probable for the state. Here, we document C. oculata as a new state record.