Detail of head to be used in various guide pages. Note the two
ocelli (simple eyes), the red dots just to the inside and below the
compound eyes. (Two ocelli, are typical of this family--see comments below.) Note also that the
head is much narrower than the
pronotum--a feature that distinguishes
Coreidae from the rather similar
Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs). This is also a good shot of the
tylus, the snout-like projection between the antennae, which is surrounded by the
juga.
This also shows a characteristic of this species:
-Lateral pronotal margins non-serrate ( Baranowski,
Coreidae of Florida)
Now I need to get a good close shot of
Acanthocephala for comparison.
Contributed by
Cotinis on 16 March, 2007 - 9:05am
Last updated 15 November, 2007 - 2:57am