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Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris) - Alcaeorrhynchus grandis
Copyright © 2005 Rattlebox Photography

Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris) - Alcaeorrhynchus grandis
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
July 6, 2005
Size: 14 mm

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Contributed by Rattlebox Photography on 7 July, 2005 - 2:33pm
Last updated 8 May, 2007 - 4:30am

Moved
Moved from Podisus.
Hannah sure is right, but did not tell the best argument: the characteristically forked pronotal spines.
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 4:30am login or register to post comments

I think this is Alcaeorrhynchus grandis
- the size is too big for Podisus (adults 11 mm). Unfortunately I can't quite see the humeral spines in enough focus to see if they are double rather than single, but I think they could be - do you happen to have another shot with one of them completely in focus?
The link you gave leads to an image of Alcaeorrhynchus, by the way - was that your original thought and then you changed it?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 November, 2005 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
The more I look at it
the more I'm sure this is Alcaeorrhynchus. The legs are more colorful than our other Podisus images, too. Any objections to moving it?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 June, 2006 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

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