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Ant-like bug - Slaterobius insignis

Ant-like bug - Slaterobius insignis
Oak Openings, Ohio, USA
October 6, 2007
Found this very ant-like bug crawling on the sand. At first I thought it might be one of the Broad-headed bugs, but judging by the large "biceps", could it be a Big-eyed bug?

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Ant-like bug - Slaterobius insignis Ant-like bug - Slaterobius insignis

Moved

Slaterobius insignis (Uhler 1872)
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other ant-mimic Rhyps in the Guide...
...are here

Confirmed
It is an adult, and has to be placed in Rhyparochromidae family now.

Seed bug.
This is a seed bug of some kind, and likely an adult with short wings. Several genera mimic ants. The 'original' family Lygaeidae has now been broken into ten (10!) new families, and I have no idea which one to place this one in, sorry.

 
Hi Eric
Thanks for taking a look at it for me. Love your book!

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