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Mirid from Fort Worth, Texas - Polymerus americanus
Copyright © 2017 Sam Kieschnick

Mirid from Fort Worth, Texas - Polymerus americanus
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
April 18, 2017

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Contributed by Sam Kieschnick on 3 May, 2017 - 1:24pm
Last updated 17 May, 2022 - 12:12pm

Moved
Moved from Polymerus.

Aside from the embolar margin appearing entirely white (rather than the typical red in the apical 1/3), this matches the description of P. americanus. See remarks on species recognition in Wheeler (2020)(1) (also quoted in the species info page) and photos of the type here.
… Jason Botz, 17 May, 2022 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Det per Dr. Michael D. Schwartz:
"This is a species of Polymerus. Beyond that actually requires the specimen.
Could be Polymerus rubrocuneatus Knight, 1925 or Polymerus venaticus (Uhler, 1872) both have this general coloration."
… Mike Quinn, 4 May, 2017 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 May, 2017 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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