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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Coreoidea » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydinae » Hyalymenus » Texas Bow-legged Bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus)

Species Hyalymenus tarsatus - Texas Bow-legged Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Bug - ant mimic? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Alydidae Hyalymenus tarsatus nymph - Hyalymenus tarsatus Bow-legged Broad-headed Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus 6023840 Hyalymenus - Hyalymenus tarsatus Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus - male Hyalymenus tarsatus - Texas Bow-legged Bug Nymph? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)
Subfamily Alydinae
Genus Hyalymenus
Species tarsatus (Texas Bow-legged Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Alydus tarsatus Fabricius 1803
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (2 in sw., 3 in FL) (1)
Size
15 mm (guide photo)
Identification
Males having slightly thicker legs than the females.
Colors of the immatures are highly variable and come in red, black, gray, tan, brown and all kinds of combinations:
Range
CA-AZ, TX / s. to Brazil (1), plus(?) LA and AL per pix posted here.
Season
Year round in Texas, see Data
Food
Often be seen feeding on a variety of plants, especially euphorbias and seed pods of legumes and milkweeds.
Internet References
Alydidae - Austin Bug Collection
Texas Entomology - Some photos
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 December, 2005 - 2:00pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 7:01pm

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