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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Kissing Bugs (Triatominae) » Paratriatoma » Paratriatoma hirsuta
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Reduviidae? - Paratriatoma hirsuta
Copyright © 2017 Seth Ausubel

Reduviidae? - Paratriatoma hirsuta
Death Valley National Park/Furnace Creek Ranch, Inyo County, California, USA
April 24, 2017
At a porch light.
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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 5 May, 2017 - 9:00am
Last updated 13 June, 2017 - 4:50am

Moved tentatively... nice, thanks all!
hope the experts agree

Moved from Bloodsucking Conenoses.
… v belov, 13 June, 2017 - 4:50am login or register to post comments

 
I agree that this could be P. hirsuta...
and the image can be compared with those here. Adult male, as mentioned below.
… drswanny, 13 June, 2017 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
Seldom
is a vector of Chagas Disease called nice!
… Seth Ausubel, 13 June, 2017 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

 
the 'nice' part referred to this important addition, but..
...then i realized that triatomines in general are among the best behaved, easy to catch/handle reduviids; never in a hurry, never trying anything funny -- all dignity and good manners, in stark contrast to the restless, jerky, feisty bugs that constitute the majority of that family

still, love them all... over 30 reduviid spp. live in my backyard, incl. 3 spp. of Triatoma

again, thanks for finding, photographing, and adding this bug to the guide
… v belov, 15 June, 2017 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

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It seems to be hairy.
I could be in the wrong direction, but I wonder if he could be Paratriatoma hirsuta (male).
How much (long) hair it has on his body, legs, antennae?
… Iustin Cret, 11 May, 2017 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 5 May, 2017 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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