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Phorticus collaris
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Copyright © 2008
Mike Quinn
Phorticus collaris Stål -
Phorticus collaris
Village of San Leanna (south Austin), Travis County, Texas, USA
August 2, 2008
Size: 3.6mm
Det. M. S. Sweet, 2009
At lights in small mesic patch under a willow and live oak canopy...
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Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 3 August, 2008 - 8:04am
Last updated 13 July, 2017 - 9:10pm
Moved
Moved from
Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
.
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Mike Quinn
, 20 February, 2009 - 2:21pm
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from Dr. Merrill Sweet:
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Phorticus collaris
, described and known only from Texas. I have caught specimens on the ground"
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v belov
, 21 February, 2009 - 8:06am
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opinion of Dr. Brailovsky:
"The bug belongs to the family Pachynomidae, related to Nabidae."
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v belov
, 20 February, 2009 - 10:19am
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Phorticus collaris Stål 1873
(nearctica.com has it under Nabidae)
shown
here
(# 21)
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v belov
, 20 February, 2009 - 2:08pm
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Will add it under Nabidae per ITIS
ITIS
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Mike Quinn
, 20 February, 2009 - 2:19pm
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Pachynomidae ?
This family is listed as not part of our fauna by Henry & Froeschner's (1988) "Catalog of the Heteroptera".
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1
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Also, Schuh & Alexander's (1995)
"True Bugs of the World"
doesn't place any members of this family north of Mexico.
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Mike Quinn
, 20 February, 2009 - 12:17pm
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Hi Vasili,
if you knew it is a Rhyparochromid, may you tell more? It looks that unusual, that it seems possible to me (never saw similar).
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Boris Büche
, 23 September, 2008 - 5:25am
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a funny one indeed
Boris, i have no clue what it is and, frankly, wanted to hear from you rather... I'm sure it's easily recognizable for anyone who had seen it once
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v belov
, 23 September, 2008 - 12:27pm
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Rhyparochromid ??
Am getting to know this new family through a number of spp I'm finding. What I initially thought was a lygaeid appears to actually be a Rhyparochromidae...
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Mike Quinn
, 14 September, 2008 - 6:21pm
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you're not alone --
--or should it be "you aren't" ? --
anyway, Lygaeidae have been broken down into a number of families along old 'subfam' lines. And this is a rhyparo~ indeed; a nice one, too
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v belov
, 14 September, 2008 - 6:36pm
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