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Flat bug - Mezira pacifica
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Flat bug - Mezira pacifica

Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
May 13, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch -
I've been told these are flat bugs - family Aradidae - genus Neuroctenus. As I understand it, however, genus Neuroctenus occurs only in the east. Could this then be Aradus? If it is Aradus, any chance of a species ID?
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 20 December, 2008 - 9:21pm
Last updated 26 September, 2019 - 11:16am

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Moved tentatively
Moved from Mezira.
… v belov, 26 September, 2019 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mezirinae.
… drswanny, 28 October, 2012 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flat Bugs.
… v belov, 7 February, 2011 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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Looks a little more like Mezira than Neuroctenus to me, but I'd really need to see the bug in hand to be sure. And you are correct in being suspecious of Neuroctenus in Oregon - although I wouldn't completely dismiss the possibility.
… Steve Taylor, 2 February, 2009 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

not Aradus, that's for sure
some Mezirinae anyway
… v belov, 23 December, 2008 - 4:38am login or register to post comments

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