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Stinkbug - Amaurochrous brevitylus
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Stinkbug - Amaurochrous brevitylus
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
March 22, 2007
Size: ~6mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 22 March, 2007 - 10:52pm
Last updated 24 March, 2007 - 7:31am

Moved
Moved from Amaurochrous.
… tom murray, 24 March, 2007 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

A. brevitylus
Pierre-Marc, thanks for the species id. It's a new species and genus for the guide.
… tom murray, 24 March, 2007 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

Amaurochrous
It most be an Amaurochrous sp., and probably A. brevitylus. Have you the size of this guy ? It would help to confirm the identification.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 23 March, 2007 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Amaurochrous sp.
I didn't get a measurement, but it was on the smaller size, under 7mm, probably closer to 5-6mm.
… tom murray, 23 March, 2007 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
A. brevitylus
OK, so it must be A. brevitylus. The only other species in North-Eastern America smaller than 7mm have the juga of the same longer than the tylus and we clearly see on your picture that the juga are longer.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 23 March, 2007 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Bugs.
… tom murray, 23 March, 2007 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Hmmm - no!
Of course it looks like one, and has a shield on the back - but belongs in Pentatomidae: Podopinae.
Rather inobvious difference is, that the scutellum (=shield) does not completely cover the wings laterally.

:-)
… Boris Büche, 23 March, 2007 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
That makes sense. I actually
That makes sense. I actually thought the head didn't look like a Shield-Back anyway.
… Brad Barnd, 23 March, 2007 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Thanks Brad.
… tom murray, 22 March, 2007 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

Shield-backed Bug
Family Scutelleridae - Shield-backed Bug
… Brad Barnd, 22 March, 2007 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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