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Squash Bug - Piezogaster calcarator - male
Copyright © 2005 Joanne Shuman

Squash Bug - Piezogaster calcarator - Male
Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
September 17, 2005
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Contributed by Joanne Shuman on 19 September, 2005 - 11:31pm
Last updated 29 November, 2005 - 3:26pm

No.
I don't think that is what you have here. I believe this is a male of a species formerly placed in the genus Archimerus (I am still using Slater and Baranowski, but the genus Archimerus has since been abolished). The kink in the hind tibia is a character not applicable to males of Euthochtha.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 September, 2005 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

 
No
Thank you for the correction. Sorry. I should have noticed that. Is it of any use to the guide?
… Joanne Shuman, 20 September, 2005 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes!
This is a fantastic shot of Piezogaster calcarata! I am informed that this is just an "interim" name for this species that is defying classification. Nice addition to Bugguide!
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 November, 2005 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric, can you take a look at other images
that I have mopved to this section? They appear to be the same species as this one. However, the Key to Florida Coreids says P. calcarata lacks the alternating colors on the connexivivum shown by P. alternatus - are these all actually P. alternatus, then?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 September, 2006 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

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