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Genus Pseudopachybrachius

Representative Images

true bug - Pseudopachybrachius basalis Rhyparochromidae? - Pseudopachybrachius basalis Pseudopachybrachius vinctus Rhyparochromid - Pseudopachybrachius basalis 831W07 - Pseudopachybrachius basalis Pseudopachybrachius basalis Myodochini sp.-- Pseudopachybrachius basalis? - Pseudopachybrachius basalis Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Pseudopachybrachius basalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Rhyparochrominae
Tribe Myodochini
Genus Pseudopachybrachius

Explanation of Names

Pseudopachybrachius Malipatil 1978

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 7 total(1)

Size

<4.5 mm(1)

Identification

Recognized by the small size, complete anterior pronotal collar that is demarked posteriorly by a line-like groove, a V-shaped buccular juncture, 4 or more rows of claval punctures, an extensively developed evaporative area, double-ranked fore femoral spines and lack of spines on the male anterior tibiae. The hemelytra are generally largely pale.(1)

Range

represented in both hemispheres; in our area, e. NA: P. basalis ranges into se. Canada, P. vinctus se. US (NC-FL)(1)

Works Cited

1.The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 July, 2007 - 3:54pm
Additional contributions by John Schneider, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 20 May, 2020 - 1:15pm

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