Very small Phasmid? - Pseudometapterus umbrosus

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… john and jane balaban, 10 January, 2010 - 5:44pm

good idea -- thanks

… v belov, 10 January, 2010 - 5:52pm

Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Blatchley)

New genus and species for BG! Large basal spine that is more than its length away from the proximal end of the femur indicates tribe Metapterini. It's too small to be Emesaya or Ghinallelia. It's too large and pale for most Barce and it fits Pseudometapterus. Range indicates umbrosus even though the range for the species of this genus is poorly understood. Black fascia is interrupted behind the eyes which is characteristic of P. umbrosus.

Thought this would be an interesting insect and the clear shots of the head help to nail down the identification. I'll request the guide pages.

… drswanny, 27 May, 2009 - 11:22am

Super

If you would like full resolution images to private email, just let me know.

… StevenBren, 27 May, 2009 - 12:17pm

wunderbar!

moved

… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 11:32am

Image

Just post the full body shot, and I'll try editing the image and I'll see what I can do.

… John R. Maxwell, 22 May, 2009 - 11:05pm

Fixed

at least to some degree.

… StevenBren, 23 May, 2009 - 5:16am

Thanks

Looks fine.

… John R. Maxwell, 23 May, 2009 - 7:04am

toon

it's always nice to find a designer perfume sample in a fresh issue of Lousy Today

… v belov, 22 May, 2009 - 8:56pm

I thought the head looked familiar

but I have never seen an assassin that looked anything like this. Thanks, as usual.

… StevenBren, 22 May, 2009 - 6:39pm

amazing!

Phasmids are vegetarians; this is an assassin bug (Emesinae subfamily) eating a barklouse

… v belov, 22 May, 2009 - 6:20pm