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Tiny Heteroptera
Copyright © 2015 Tommy McElrath

Tiny Heteroptera
Sapelo Island, McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
October 10, 2014
Size: 5-10 mm
@ HgV light at the UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, GA

Taken using an iPhone 5S with a clip-on macro lens. Some light provided by headlamp.

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Contributed by Tommy McElrath on 16 July, 2015 - 10:58am
Last updated 10 July, 2024 - 7:55pm

sorry colleagues, thanks for noticing... Xyonysius?
Moved from Stictopleurus punctiventris.
… v belov, 10 July, 2024 - 7:55pm

 
i'm not sure
not a group that's fresh in my head; but it looks about right
… Brad Barnd, 10 July, 2024 - 9:38pm

Major range extension
Is it a big extension for the species? According to info page "not in SE USA"?
… Tommy McElrath, 23 October, 2023 - 2:43pm

 
I don't think it's Stictopleurus
antennae look very different to me; plus the range doesn't make sense
… Brad Barnd, 10 July, 2024 - 12:21am

Moved
Moved from Stictopleurus.
… v belov, 17 October, 2023 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Scentless Plant Bugs.
… v belov, 15 July, 2019 - 3:55am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… John S. Ascher, 19 May, 2017 - 9:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2015 - 2:29pm

check out Stictopleurus
my best guess anyway
… v belov, 16 July, 2015 - 11:46am

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