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Plant Bug ZH3Z6952 - Neolygus

Plant Bug ZH3Z6952 - Neolygus
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
May 25, 2009
Miridae, Neolygus sp. perhaps?

Moved per M.D.Schwartz' offline communication
Moved from Apolygus lucorum.

Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dur 1843) --det. M.D. Schwartz

Moved

 
Question
I found a similar specimen last year which I posted here and now I'm puzzled. They look like they may be in the same species to me but they seem different from Lygocoris pabulinus. For starters, they're not very green. I checked the white balance and I'm fairly convinced that it is accurate enough. Also, the other web images of Lygocoris pabulinus look slimmer.

I checked BOLD here and was surprised to find two samples that were brown and looked stouter. BOLD often misplaces images, so perhaps it's an error.

BTW - I noticed that BOLD places Lygocoris pabulinus in Orthotylinae.

 
Hmm...
The images in the BOLD system may not be in their correct positions. Some brown specimens with yellow scutellum look like Neolygus sp. Of course, Lygocoris is not an Orthotyline mirid.

Regarding this image, I think it is correctly located. There is no mirid, as I know, that look like this one. In particular, the shape of the eyes are very distinctive.

However, it is also possible that it is not L. pabulinus but another similar species like Neolygus or Apolygus. Let's wait for Dr. Schwartz's determination.

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