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Genus Darmistus

Elongated bug - Darmistus subvittatus Stenopodainae? - Darmistus Darmistus duncani Van Duzee - Darmistus duncani Darmistus Darmistus Male, Darmistus subvittatus? - Darmistus subvittatus - male Male, Darmistus subvittatus? - Darmistus subvittatus - male Male, Darmistus subvittatus? - Darmistus subvittatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)
Subfamily Micrelytrinae
Tribe Micrelytrini
Genus Darmistus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rimadarmistus Bliven 1956
Explanation of Names
Darmistus Stål 1859
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
Darmistus crassicornis
Species duncani - Darmistus duncani
Species subvittatus - Darmistus subvittatus
Identification
key to spp. in Schaefer (2003)(2)
Antennal segment II longer than IV; antennal segment I thick, heavily setose Darmistus crassicornis Van Duzee -
Antennal segment II shorter than IV; I robust, not heavy, lightly setose 2 2. Antennal segments I-III polished, dark; paralypei not quite meeting in front of clypeus (Fig 1 A I Darmistus duncani Van Duzee -
Antennal segments I-III not polished, pale to light brown; paraclypei meeting in front of clypeus (Fig. IC) .... Darmistus subvittatus Stal
Range
w. US (WA-CA-c.TX) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (1)(3)