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Neurocolpus?? - Taedia evonymi

Neurocolpus?? - Taedia evonymi
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2007

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Moved
Moved from Plant Bugs.

Please move to the genus or speceis page...
^^

It looks like Taedia evonymi...
According to the key given by Knight (p. 176), T. evonymi and T. salicis are two final candidates. The key differences between them are the colors of the second antennal segment and scutellum, and this bug seems closer to evonymi.

I think it's the same Genus as

I think, no -
sorry, no idea instead.

 
really?
comparing to these and others:
1) striped back legs
2) distinctive white 'V' marks on the membranous part of the wings
3) Thick lower segment of antennae
4) Reddish colouration flanking the membranous part of the wings
5) Scutellum extending to the 3rd set of legs
6) Scutellum bordered by dark V stripe
7) Very small head

Though I must admit that only mine has:
1) Black marking above the membranous part of the wings
2) Prominent dark stripes on the pronotum
3) Two Prominent black dots on the pronotum

 
Mirid expert needed . . .
(I am not)
By my experience, your "positive" characters 1, 2, 5 & 7 apply to many Mirids, so are not very useful to characterize Neurocolpus. Colouration generally may be diagnostic on species level only.

The species of genera Phytocoris and Neurocolpus characteristically have a finely motteled colouration, and longer hind legs than many other Mirids. I miss at least the first character in yours.
Also, the collar-like constriction in the anteriour part of the pronotum is distinctly longer in your Mirid, than it is in Neurocolpus spp., compare:
The body hairs seem to be recumbent in your Mirid, but should be bristling in Neurocolpus.

 
adding more images
To be honest, I don't follow some of your comments, but since this seems to be a tough one to ID I'll add a few more images from different angles and I'll try detailing some of the characteristic parts. I'm not sure what you mean by "finely motteled colouration" and I don't know what you mean by "collar-like constriction in the anteriour part of the pronotum". Thanks for your comments. I'll continue to work on it. In the mean time, do you think I should move this out of ID request and onto the Mirid page? I'm thinking leave it here since I'll be adding more images shortly.

 
Yes,
I think the Mirid page is a good place for it at this stage.
The "collar" I talked about is the portion of the pronotum in front of the transverse sulcus in the anteriour fourth. Its development is a diagnostic character in Mirids for above the genus level. It is clearly seen in the picture I inserted below.

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