Negro Bug? - Corimelaena

Maybe C. lateralis but pale s

Maybe C. lateralis but pale stripe is not clear and there may additional species in FL I am not familiar with.

… Brad Barnd, 26 June, 2007 - 8:52pm

Moved

Moved from Negro Bugs. after keying to genus with present reference

… Boris Büche, 3 May, 2007 - 8:28am

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Thanks! I guess those student projects are useful after all. I only made a key to the species of Streblidae and Nycteribiidae found in Florida (which is rich in bats, but poor in parasites).

… Sean McCann, 3 May, 2007 - 10:47am

I'll vote for Negro Bug

The huge scutellum and high-domed profile look more like Negro Bug than Burrowing Bug to me.

… Jim McClarin, 19 March, 2006 - 5:27pm

Burrowing Bug?

My guess is Burrowing Bug.

… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 19 March, 2006 - 5:12pm

You're both right:-)

This is what was formerly(?) called a "negro bug," but that family has since been lumped with the burrower bugs. What, if anything, that had to do with the common epithet is left to one's imagination. My co-author on the field guide suggested they be called "ebony bugs," which is fine by me, too.

… Eric R. Eaton, 20 March, 2006 - 1:21pm

Only in English...

Chuck Entz could give us the complete philology. I can say with authority only that negro in Spanish is what you call the color black. I suppose Black Bugs is a little too plain :-)

… Jim McClarin, 20 March, 2006 - 3:34pm

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Either way, is the Bugguide taxonomy going to be changed to reflect the new family status of these bugs?
-Sean McCann

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… Sean McCann, 20 March, 2006 - 4:04pm

I'll yield to Eric.

He knows what he's talking about. I'm just a beetle buff who tries to help out and, often as not, gets it wrong.

… Jim McClarin, 20 March, 2006 - 4:31pm