Species Ambrysus lunatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Ambrysus lunatus Usinger - Ambrysus lunatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)

Family Naucoridae (Creeping Water Bugs)

Genus Ambrysus

No Taxon (subgenus Ambrysus)

Species lunatus (Ambrysus lunatus)

Other Common Names

creepy moon-lit water bug (not)

Explanation of Names

Ambrysus lunatus Usinger 1946

Numbers

15 spp. (in 3 subgenera) n. of Mex. (1)

Size

Size: Male length: 10.8 mm

Female length: 12 mm (Usinger, 1946)

Identification

Usinger (1946) states: "This species is quite distinct from any species known to me."

Color pattern distinct, the coria each with a conspicuous anteriorly divergent vitta from middle of anterior margin. (Usinger, 1946)

In the series of paratypes, the Ft. Stockton series in particular is very much paler than the others. In some cases a submarginal pale area extends posteriorly from the apical margin of the embolium, adding to the distinctive coloration of this species. Also the brown discal spot of scutellum may be divided longitudinally at middle. (Usinger, 1946)

Range

NM to Brazos R., TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Tom Greene county, Texas, July 15, 1928, R. H. Beamer collector

See Also

Perhaps closest related to mormon Montd. with the same narrow pronotum but differs greatly from this species in color and other characters. (Usinger, 1946)

Print References

Usinger, R.L. 1946. Notes and descriptions of Ambrysus Stal with an account of the life history of Ambrysus mormon Montandon (Hemiptera, Naucoridae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 31(10): 185-210. Full PDF

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 February, 2012 - 5:22pm
Last updated 29 September, 2022 - 4:57pm

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