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Piezogaster calcarator
Photo#77685
Copyright © 2006
Donna K Race
Squash Bug -
Piezogaster calcarator
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Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
September 14, 2004
This specimen was identified two years ago as an Archimerus alternatus...has something changed since then? I don't see it in the guide at all.
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Contributed by
Donna K Race
on 17 September, 2006 - 12:03pm
Last updated 17 September, 2006 - 1:59pm
Moved
Moved from
Archimerus alternatus
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 17 September, 2006 - 1:59pm
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There's at least one other image (below)
but no page yet - I'll make one. Who identified yours? Was it someone on BugGuide? It looks like a good match, but I don't know this genus at all.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 17 September, 2006 - 1:06pm
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Eric Eaton
...identified the picture on my pbase gallery and suggested I submit it to Bug Guide. :)
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Donna K Race
, 17 September, 2006 - 1:38pm
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Ok, here's an update
- trying to dig up more info on this genus I found an interesting comment on this one (below). It seems Archimerus has been reclassified. So I think all these belong in Piezogaster - maybe in species calcarata. I hope Eric will see and comment more on this - for now I'll move them to P. calcarata - easy enough to change if incorrect.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 17 September, 2006 - 1:57pm
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In Limbo:-)
I heard from an expert on Coreidae, and he told me that this species won't be in that genus for very long. It apparently defies lumping with existing genera, so perhaps it will have its very own eventually. For now, the name Hannah assigned is correct. Slater & Baranowski list it as Archimerus.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 18 September, 2006 - 5:14pm
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