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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Rhopalinae » Harmostini » Harmostes » Harmostes reflexulus
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plant bug - Harmostes reflexulus
Copyright © 2006 bennett gray

plant bug - Harmostes reflexulus
beacon, New York, USA
June 4, 2006
Size: 12mm
found on wild daisy-type plant.
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Contributed by bennett gray on 4 June, 2006 - 6:54pm
Last updated 10 July, 2007 - 9:24pm

Moved
Moved from Harmostes.
… Brad Barnd, 10 July, 2007 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

 
species ID?
How is reflexulus distinguished from fraterculus and other species in the genus? There is no information on the Info page.
… Robin McLeod, 11 July, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
ok
Thanks for pointing this out. I'll add some information to the Info page today. In H. reflexulus, the first antennal segment extends much past the end of the head while in H. frate*rculus the segment reaches about as far as the end of the head.
… Brad Barnd, 11 July, 2007 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info
I've also added some more to the species page. I generally find that photos by themselves don't help me identify future specimens because they don't tell me which features are distinctive, and how those features differ in similar species - or even how many similar species exist. That's why I think it's important to add these kinds of info to the Guide for future reference.
… Robin McLeod, 21 July, 2007 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Scentless plant bug
Looks like a Scentless plant bug, family Rhopalidae, likely genus Harmostes, a sample image:



Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 4 June, 2006 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

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