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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Corsairs (Peiratinae) » Melanolestes » Black Corsair (Melanolestes picipes)
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unknown Hemipteran - Melanolestes picipes
Copyright © 2012 Gary McDonald

unknown Hemipteran - Melanolestes picipes
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
October 1, 2012
Size: 14mm length.
Came to black light/MV trap. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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unknown Hemipteran - Melanolestes picipes unknown Hemipteran - Melanolestes picipes
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 2 October, 2012 - 10:05pm
Last updated 3 October, 2012 - 7:03am

Moved tentatively; must be it
Moved from Assassin Bugs.
… v belov, 3 October, 2012 - 7:03am login or register to post comments

 
Correct again...
Melanolestes picipes has a transcontinental distribution in the United States.
… drswanny, 3 October, 2012 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

 
thanks again...
apparently much less common that far west: this is our very first pic of it from anywhere along the Pacific
… v belov, 3 October, 2012 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 October, 2012 - 6:47am login or register to post comments

Assassin bug
Maybe something in/near Melanolestes:



Let's see if the experts agree. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2012 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

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