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Assassin Bug - Ctenotrachelus shermani

Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
May 12, 1948
Size: 13 mm

This is specimen in the UMMZ collection. It came to a light at night. It was taken by RF Hussey on May 12, 1948 and identified the same year.

This view shows the modified propleural region and the spines on the posterior lateral margins of the head that are characteristic of some of the stenopodainine assassin bugs. Note these appear simple or unbranched.

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Contributed by drswanny on 1 May, 2008 - 8:49am
Last updated 22 April, 2009 - 11:53am

Moved

Moved from Ctenotrachelus.

… Cotinis, 1 May, 2008 - 12:23pm

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C. shermani?

I found a paper about this genus on-line:
Asquith, 1992, New Distribution Records for the Assassin Bugs, Pnirontis Brimleyi and Ctenotrachelus Shermani (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Florida Entomologist, v. 75, n. 1, p. 155-160 (PDF).
He says that only C. shermani actually occurs in the US. He has diagrams of the pronotums of the two species, and the photos we have here seem to match C. shermani, and not C. mexicanus. Seems like our images here can be assigned to C. shermani, then?

… Cotinis, 1 May, 2008 - 9:15am

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Agreed but...

I downloaded that paper myself but hadn't had a chance to read it. There is another one here. Based on the pronotal margins, I would agree with you that it is very likely C. shermani. I was, however, being a bit cautious due to my Pygolampis mistake and I leave that determination to the discretion of the editors/admins.

… drswanny, 1 May, 2008 - 11:02am

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Caution appreciated, but this move seems fine

Excellent--that other paper makes it even more clear.
I think there is plenty of documentation to move all the images to C. shermani--we've got two scientific papers with illustrations, both indicating that one species occurs in the Southeast.

… Cotinis, 1 May, 2008 - 12:22pm

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