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Dacerla mediospinosa
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Will Richardson
Alydus? -
Dacerla mediospinosa
Meadow along Fallen Leaf Lake Rd., El Dorado County, California, USA
July 16, 2017
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Contributed by
Will Richardson
on 2 December, 2017 - 7:37pm
Last updated 16 October, 2019 - 9:46am
Moved
Moved from
Dacerla
.
Thanks, Aaron. Ken wrote a number of other supporting comments on his iNat observations from Sagehen, and I think it's a strong case. I believe this is an adult female
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Will Richardson
, 16 October, 2019 - 9:46am
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Northern CA station here suggests species D. mediospinosa
...per the treatment in
Carvalho & Usinger(1957)
. Moreover, assuming this is an adult, the short hemelytra with no grooves/sutures/veins separating corium, cuneus, and membrane give furthur support to that ID.
For more info, see remarks accompanying post below:
...and references on the
D. mediospinosa
info page
.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 16 October, 2019 - 5:04am
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Moved tentatively
Moved from
Plant Bugs
.
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WonGun Kim
, 27 February, 2018 - 6:28pm
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On second thought...
the females in Orectoderus are brachypterous, and the hemelytra don't extend so far back
So, back to Dacerla? https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=7777+7777+0910+0091
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Will Richardson
, 3 December, 2017 - 2:32pm
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Let's see...
...what WonGon (our mirid expert) has to say. :)
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 3 December, 2017 - 3:50pm
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I suspect Dacerla.
^^
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WonGun Kim
, 3 January, 2018 - 9:11pm
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I think you're onto it
Antennae best fit female obliquus: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6093/N3703.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
This is similar too, but appears that the pronotum peaks much further forward in mine: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1160381/bgimage
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Will Richardson
, 3 December, 2017 - 2:12pm
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Moved
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Thinking something along these lines:
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 3 December, 2017 - 8:36am
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