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Hymenocoris
Photo#2050976
Copyright © 2021
Don Loarie
8851 -
Hymenocoris
Sonoma County, California, USA
October 13, 2021
Size: 2.5 mm
Found wiggling on the surface of the swimming pool
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Contributed by
Don Loarie
on 13 October, 2021 - 12:49pm
Last updated 15 October, 2021 - 4:53pm
thanks all for the great addition!
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v belov
, 15 October, 2021 - 1:43pm
Fits Hymenocoris well...
according to Wygodzinsky & Schmidt (1991)
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. One thing that stands out is the smaller size of this specimen, as W&S indicated the known size range of male
Hymenocoris
to be 4.3-6.5 mm. Those authors also indicated that
H. formicinus
is a bit of a "garbage bin" species for the genus, and eventual revision might reveal this to be a undescribed species. Still, a good representative of
Hymenocoris
for the guide.
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drswanny
, 14 October, 2021 - 10:17pm
WAG
This is a tough group for me since I've seen so few specimens. Looking at Wygodzinsky & Schmidt (1991)
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, my best guess is this is a male
Hymenocoris formicinus
Uhler. That's just a guess, but the characters and the distribution seem to fit your specimen. Glen Forister and I have looked at specimens/photos from the Sierra Nevada that don't seem to fit this species, so maybe there are additional undescribed species or maybe we didn't understand how to separate the species...or genera, for that matter.
The taxonomy on BugGuide is not current and until someone comes along who really understands the group, guesses are the best we have.
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Brady Richards
, 13 October, 2021 - 1:49pm
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Brady Richards
, 13 October, 2021 - 1:06pm