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Reduviid b - Fitchia spinosula
Copyright © 2015 Jillian H. Cowles

Reduviid b - Fitchia spinosula
Santa Rita foothills, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
May 11, 2015
Possible Fitchia?

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Reduviid b - Fitchia spinosula Reduviid b - Fitchia spinosula
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 7 October, 2015 - 11:46pm
Last updated 8 October, 2015 - 9:19am

Tentatively placed as F. spinosula...
I think that the necessary part of the laterus is visible enough to say that this insect has concolorous integument around the spiracles. It also appears to be a little more slender than some of the specimens represented in images under F. aptera. And as further evidence, in the close-up of the head and pronotum I can see (what I interpret as) a submedian and humeral tubercle on the far (left) side of the pronotum, a condition more frequently found in F. spinosula than F. aptera.

Moved from Fitchia.
… drswanny, 8 October, 2015 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Harpactorinae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 October, 2015 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

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