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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Dirt-colored Seed Bugs (Rhyparochromidae) » Rhyparochrominae » Myodochini » Neopamera » Neopamera albocincta

Species Neopamera albocincta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Neopamera albocincta

dirt-colored seed bug nymph - Neopamera albocincta

Pseudopachybrachius basalis - Neopamera albocincta

Neopamera albocincta? - Neopamera albocincta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Rhyparochrominae

Tribe Myodochini

Genus Neopamera

Species albocincta (Neopamera albocincta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pachybrachius albocinctus Barber 1953

Explanation of Names

Neopamera albocincta (Barber 1953)

Size

5-5.5 mm(1)

Identification

Base of last antennomere pale, size under 6 mm, ground color of clavus whitish with brown punctures(1)

Fifth instar nymph and adult illustrated in(1)

males have much larger forefemora than the females, and the shape of the pronotum is also different between the sexes (I do not recall seeing any mention of this dimorphism elsewhere). --Jane O'Donnell, pers. comm. to =v= 9.iii.2015

Range

e. US & ON, QC (NY-MI-IL to FL-TX) to S. America / W. Indies - Map (2)(1)(3)(4)

Habitat

adapted to wet conditions (common on Carex, Scirpus)(1)

Life Cycle

In Connecticut, two generations per year were reported with adults overwintering(1)

Remarks

More common in Florida than in more northerly areas. May be part of a species complex.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 pp.

2.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

3.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 17 February, 2009 - 1:51pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2024 - 11:02pm

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