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Genus Myodocha - Long-necked Seed Bugs

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Genus Myodocha (Long-necked Seed Bugs)
Numbers
2 species in North America
7 species worldwide (mostly neotropical)
Size
8-10 mm
Identification
head black, longer than pronotum, basal portion slender and elongated into a "neck"; front femora inflated and bearing ventral spines; legs yellowish except for blackish "knee" joints; antennae long, slender, and four-segmented; hemelytra slender and dark gray with shallow striations and punctures
Range
M. annulicornis confined to Florida
M. serripes widespread: Florida to Texas and north to southern Canada
Habitat
woodlands in winter; fields in spring and summer
Season
woodlands in winter/early spring; fields and artificial lights in summer
Food
seeds of strawberry and st. johnswort, plus other herbaceous plants
Life Cycle
adults overwinter in woodland leaf litter
Internet References
key to Florida species - PDF doc - plus biology and other info (Florida Center for Library Automation)