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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Rhopalinae » Niesthreini » Arhyssus » Arhyssus lateralis
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Arhyssus sp. on Buckwheat - Arhyssus lateralis
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Monroe

Arhyssus sp. on Buckwheat - Arhyssus lateralis
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
May 22, 2005
Size: BL about 6 mm
This very attractive Rhopalid with a pink head and hind femurs seems like an Arhyssus or closely related. It was seen on Buckwheat in Culp Valley on 22 May 2005. Are there any field marks to determine the Arhyssus genus?
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 13 November, 2008 - 5:58pm
Last updated 31 July, 2019 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Arhyssus.
… v belov, 31 July, 2019 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

yes, Arhyssus
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… v belov, 17 November, 2008 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Arhyssus
Thanks so much, v belov. I'm delighted to have a name for this quite attractive little red Rhopalid.
… Lynn Monroe, 17 November, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
we both would prefer a species name, i'm sure
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… v belov, 17 November, 2008 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Arhyssus sp.
Species names are wonderful, but not easy from photos!

I see you named this one a female. Is that because of the short wings? I have several other brownish ones, some also with short wings, one with wings past the abdomen. The latter is probably a male?
… Lynn Monroe, 17 November, 2008 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
where do you see my mentioning sex??? i haven't
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… v belov, 17 November, 2008 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Arhyssus sp
Whoops! My mistake. The title said "Arhyssus sp. female on buckwheat" and I thought you must have put it there. But when I checked back on what I had typed, I was the one who called it a female! Must have been a senior moment--for I never knew its sex. Sorry!
… Lynn Monroe, 17 November, 2008 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

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