Plant Bug8552 - Plagiognathus tumidifrons

Moved

… tom murray, 5 December, 2008 - 6:25pm

Is the size exact?

I think it's very similar to Plagiognathus tumidifrons except for the size with reference to Schuh. In this paper, P. tumidifrons has the total length of 2.99-3.21 mm.

The paper said P. tumidifrons is similar to P. suffuscipennis and P. tsugae, but it can be distinguished from them in a way that cannot be used for this photo. However, in view of the body shapes shown in Figs. 13 and 14 in the paper, P. tsugae is somewhat different from the other two. Although suffuscipennis 1 in Fig. 13 has the coloration of antennae and legs and the body shape similar to P. tumidifrons, it shows different wing color.

What do you think about it?

… WonGun Kim, 5 December, 2008 - 12:26am

What do I think about it?

I think you nailed it! The only thing that seems suspicious is the date which is a week earlier than the the earliest reported date in the paper.

I think I'm a terrible mathematician. This fellow is about 3.2 mm not the 5.5 mm I originally posted. The horizontal stitches on the sheet are .227 mm each. The vertical stitches measure .357 mm. I must have measured poorly and used the wrong multiplier.

I also think that I am very grateful that you are sorting out the plant bugs!

… Steve Nanz, 5 December, 2008 - 3:36am

I am also poor at estimating length, distance, etc...

Anyway, when i visited your homepage, i found some unIDed Mirid photos. Would you mind if i ask you to upload the photos here for discussing the IDs of the Mirids?

… WonGun Kim, 5 December, 2008 - 2:15pm

Sure

Done. I put them in the ID Requests. Thank you.

… Steve Nanz, 6 December, 2008 - 12:23pm

Moved

Moved from True Bugs.

… Boris Büche, 6 August, 2007 - 11:05am

Mirid, yes

Plagiognathus looks like a good guess to me - but certainly not the same species.

… Boris Büche, 9 July, 2007 - 11:45am