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Species Pseudopachybrachius vinctus

Dirt Colored Seed bug - Pseudopachybrachius vinctus

rhyparochromid - Pseudopachybrachius vinctus

Pseudopachybrachius - Pseudopachybrachius vinctus

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 Pseudopachybrachius

Species vinctus (Pseudopachybrachius vinctus)

Other Common Names

Oblique-banded Seed Bug

Explanation of Names

Pseudopachybrachius vinctus (Say 1832)

Size

2.8-3.0 mm(1)

Identification

prominent oblique black lines at the corium-membrane interface

Det. M.S. Sweet, 2010

Range

se US, s.CA (TX-FL-NC-MO) / Mex. to S. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (2)(1)(3), one of the most common Lygaeoids in FL

Habitat

temporary habitats such as roadsides, gardens, abandoned fields and lawns (1)

Season

mostly: Apr-Oct (3), common in c. TX in mid-summer

Life Cycle

mostly observed at lights or asso. w/ grasses (Poaceae) (4)

Remarks

Type Locality: Fla.

Internet References

iNaturalist (4)

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	iNaturalist

Contributed by tom murray on 17 February, 2009 - 2:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 June, 2025 - 4:09pm

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