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Minute Pirate Bug? - Physopleurella mundula
Copyright © 2011 JC Jones

Minute Pirate Bug? - Physopleurella mundula
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
May 23, 2011
Size: 3 - 4mm
Came to light.

Minute Pirate Bug (Anthocoridae)?
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Contributed by JC Jones on 24 May, 2011 - 11:00am
Last updated 24 February, 2012 - 1:27pm

prob. Physopleurella mundula (White) --det. T.J. Henry
Moved from Lasiochilus.
… v belov, 24 February, 2012 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively per Steve's suggestion
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 24 May, 2011 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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Definitely an Anthocorid. South Carolina is a bit out of my area of usual study but I'd be happy to put an educated guess down as a probably being a Lasiochilus species. I know that one species is fairly common down in FL but this looks much darker than the species I'm discussing and is definitely more shiny across the wings (might just be an effect of the flash). looking at a list of species known in NA indicates that there are a few species in teh southeast that I have no material on hand to compare against. If you have a specimen on hand, take a shot of the belly of it to see what the glad on the thorax looks like.. it would clear things up on its identity!
… Steve Paiero, 24 May, 2011 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks again, Steve
we keep them as a separate family now... don't know if this is such a good idea after all ))
… v belov, 24 May, 2011 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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