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Sixeonotus insignis
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Copyright © 2008
John R. Maxwell
Sixeonotus insignis
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 4, 2008
Size: Maybe around 3 mm?
Anyone know this white-tailed bug which I believe to be a mirid. Came to the light at night.
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Contributed by
John R. Maxwell
on 5 September, 2008 - 5:15pm
Last updated 6 May, 2010 - 8:34pm
It's better to settle here.
There are some points other than the keys of Knight and Blatchley. The first one is the color of antennae. The extreme base of antennae of
insignis
is dark, while
albicornis
may not. Another is the overall color:
insignis
has a tinge of bronze, but
albicornis
does not.
In addition, I reviewed my pictures and found a faint brownish tinge on the hind femora.
Moved from
Sixeonotus
.
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WonGun Kim
, 13 April, 2010 - 9:52pm
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Moved
Moved from
Plant Bugs
.
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john and jane balaban
, 7 December, 2008 - 4:45pm
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Let's go to Sixeonotus with mine...
although mine has poor quality. T_T
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WonGun Kim
, 6 December, 2008 - 11:38pm
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Please check Sixeonotus...
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8784430
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WonGun Kim
, 23 November, 2008 - 5:46pm
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Another reference...
See pp. 58-61 of
http://research.amnh.org/pbi/library/2339_1.pdf
.
Although that paper is so old to fail to list all species in Eastern North America, it seems to be a good reference.
According to the paper, the existence of a longitudinal impression on the swollen pronotum is one of the key features of the difference between
Pycnoderes
and
Sixeonotus
(p. 58). That is, Pycnoderes has twin swellings on the pronotum as the image you linked, while Sixeonotus has a large one like this.
In addition, the paper provides the key between four eastern species of
Sixeonotus
. The key focuses on the color of antennae and legs. According to the key, this guy is closer to
S. insignis
. But, the problem is that there are other eastern species recorded after the paper was published.
Cyrtocapsus
is another possible genus, but the only species,
C. caligineus
(=
mirabilis
) seems to be recorded only in Florida.
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WonGun Kim
, 24 November, 2008 - 12:33am
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something akin to Deraeocoris, but different
nice distinct mirid -- hopefully someone will recognize it
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v belov
, 5 September, 2008 - 7:27pm
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Maybe something near
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John R. Maxwell
, 12 September, 2008 - 12:06am
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yes, definitely same genus, or very close
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v belov
, 24 September, 2008 - 1:51pm
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