{"id":1002150,"date":"2009-03-05T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/?page_id=1002150"},"modified":"2016-12-14T07:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T12:15:18","slug":"bugguide-firsts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/bugguide-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"BugGuide Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a few cases I&#8217;ve been the first person to find a species for BugGuide. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/185496'>Gonocephalum sp.<\/a> Likely European invasive. Possibly the first American record of this genus anywhere!<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/980772\/bgimage'>Polistes hirsuticornis<\/a> Recently (2012) described species; first live image<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/288130\/bgimage\">Sea Slater, Ligia occidentalis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/184548\/bgimage\">Eleodes acuticauda<\/a> (One of the Darkling Beetles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/260401\">Noctueliopsis aridalis &#8211; Hodges#4834 (Noctueliopsis aridalis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Juniper Spittlebug: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/274073\">(Clastoptera juniperina)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leaf Cutter Bee: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/421668\">Megachile texana<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ant: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/376537\">Nylanderia vividula<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/295676\/bgimage\">Dicymolomia opuntialis &#8211; Hodges#4891 (opuntialis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/302304#457243\">Aglossa cacamica &#8211; Hodges#5514<\/a>. This is also the first live image for the Moth Photographer&#8217;s Group. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/291296#456553\">Octinodes schaumi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/282456\/bgimage\">Pandeleteius defectus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/256078\/bgimage\">Blister Beetle (<i>Eupompha elegans elegans<\/i>)<\/a> (First instance of this subspecies)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/256089\">Chalcedon Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona hennei<\/a> (First instance of this subspecies)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/256074\/bgimage'\">Unciella primula &#8211; Hodges#10111<\/a>. This is also the first live image for the Moth Photographer&#8217;s Group.<\/li>\n<li>Beetle: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/237789\/bgimage\">Megobrium edwardsi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/193145\/bgimage\">Paravilla montivaga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/151880\/bgimage'>Polystepha globosa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/137878\">Andromeda Lace Bug (Stephanitis takeyai)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moth: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/327394\">Leucogoniella californica<\/a>. This is also the first image for the Moth Photographer&#8217;s Group.<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/698572'>Banasa lenticularis<\/a> first live image<\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/699000\/bgimage'>Caudell&#8217;s wood cockroach (Parcoblatta caudelli)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/303278\/bgimage'>Theridion kawea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>California Firsts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/256097\/bgimage\">Ophryastes varius<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Jersey Firsts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/414148\/bgimage\">Diachlorus ferrugatus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ground Crab Spider: <a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/414168\/bgimage'>Xysticus sp.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/414219\/bgimage'>Bent-winged Owlet Moth &#8211; Hodges#8370 (Bleptina caradrinalis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/413869'>Pasture Grasshopper (Melanoplus confusus)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New York Firsts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/905299'>Strigamia bothriopus (Soil Centipede)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/663660\/bgimage'>Hogna frondicula<\/a> (Wolf Spider)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/136150\">Pleuroprucha insulsaria<\/a> (Common Tan Wave)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/410401#1297988\">Bertamyia notata<\/a> (Flat-footed Fly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/709932#1256374\">Taylorilygus apicalis<\/a> (Broken-backed Bug)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/663310#1174160\">Ropalopus sanguinicollis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/662806\">Astylopsis macula<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/570694\/bgimage\">Spine-waisted Ant (Aphaenogaster rudis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/478534#838628\">Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/410117\">Six-spotted Gray Moth &#8211; Hodges#8479 (Spargaloma sexpunctata)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Red-headed Inchworm Moth &#8211; Hodges#6342 <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/435112\/bgimage\">Macaria bisignata<\/a><a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/140188\/bgimage\">Allard&#8217;s Ground Cricket<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wasp: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/409672\/bgimage\">Enicospilus purgatus<\/a> (also first live image at BugGuide)<\/li>\n<li>Crane Fly: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/410112\/bgimage\">Tipula submaculata<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flat-footed fly: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/410401\">Bertamyia sp.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/417239'>Japanese Maple Leafhopper (Japananus hyalinus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/416808\/bgimage'>Gray Lawn Leafhopper (Exitianus exitiosus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wasp: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/83481\/bgimage\">Lyroda subita<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Short-winged Flower Beetle <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/38464\/bgimage\">Brachypterolus pulicarius<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leaf Hopper <a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/421009\/bgimage'>Draeculacephala noveboracensis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Silken Fungus beetle: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/421471\">Antherophagus ochraceus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cuckoo Bee: <a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/126867\/bgimage '>Triepeolus lunatus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Water Strider <a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/415220'>Trepobates subnitudus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Water Strider <a href='http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/652317'>Neogerris hesione<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Texas Firsts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hodges #6411: <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/595326\/bgimage\">Rindgea maricopa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a few cases I&#8217;ve been the first person to find a species for BugGuide. These include: Gonocephalum sp. Likely European invasive. Possibly the first American record of this genus anywhere! Polistes hirsuticornis Recently (2012) described species; first live image Sea Slater, Ligia occidentalis Eleodes acuticauda (One of the Darkling Beetles) Noctueliopsis aridalis &#8211; Hodges#4834 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1002150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002150"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005318,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1002150\/revisions\/1005318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}