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Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata
Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
August 25, 2005
Size: 6-7mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 August, 2005 - 8:10pm
Last updated 17 March, 2025 - 2:22pm

Moved
Moved from Pentacora.
… v belov, 1 February, 2010 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Possible genera
Slater, pp. 221-224 (1) has a couple of likely genera, Pentacora and Saldula. Yours looks more like his illustration of Pentacora, but they are close. Slater's key should differentiate them as follows:

Membrane of fore wign with 5 closed cells, always fully-winged-->Pentacora

Membrane of fore wing in fully winged forms with only 4 elongate closed cells-->several genera, of which Saldula, esp. Saldula pallipes shown by Slater, and listed as very common, looks close.

For what that is all worth...

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 27 August, 2005 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

 
Pentacora?
Patrick, I googled up Pentacora and Saldula pallipes, and the Pentacora looked like a good match, and the it was a large shore bug. The Saluda's size was smaller, 2-4mm. Here's a site with a couple of pictures of Pentacora ligata.
http://www.giffbeaton.com/2004-08-31_0047_Pentacoraligata.jpg

Thanks for the info Patrick.
… tom murray, 27 August, 2005 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

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