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Damsel Bug - Hoplistoscelis pallescens
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Schueman

Damsel Bug - Hoplistoscelis pallescens
Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
January 13, 2008
Size: ~7mm
Not sure if this is a nymph or a brachypterous adult. Found under leaf litter in a flower bed. Was fairly active.
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Contributed by Stephen Schueman on 14 January, 2008 - 8:51pm
Last updated 20 March, 2009 - 9:10am

H. pallescens: see the infor page for taxonomy update
… v belov, 20 February, 2011 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Hoplistoscelis sordidus (Reuter 1872)
Moved from Hoplistoscelis.
… v belov, 20 March, 2009 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damsel Bugs.
… Stephen Schueman, 4 December, 2008 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

could it be Hoplistoscelis?
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… v belov, 24 September, 2008 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I had filed this under Hoplistoscelis and possibly H. sordidus based on Marshall's book Insects:(1) pg 122 image 9. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated.
… Stephen Schueman, 4 December, 2008 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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