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Unk. Hemipteran - Ptochiomera nodosa

Unk. Hemipteran - Ptochiomera nodosa
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
August 21, 2015
Size: TL 3.0-3.5 mm
This tiny Hemipteran shows up at my porch light periodically. At 3 to 3.5 mm, it is at the lower limit of my photographic capability. For it's size, it is fast moving and I've always had trouble getting clear images of it. It has distinctive antennae with darkened, dilated 3rd and 4th segments. The pronotum is slightly unusual with a transverse constriction. It lacks a cuneus and the wing venation looks wrong for Miridae, but I can't seem to place it into another family. Suggestions would be appreciated.

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Unk. Hemipteran - Ptochiomera nodosa Unk. Hemipteran - Ptochiomera nodosa

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

Ptochiomera nodosa…
See reference here.

 
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Thanks! Rhyparochromidae...That's a new one for me!

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