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Hoplistoscelis pallescens
Photo#316746
Copyright © 2009
Ashley Bradford
Heteroptera -
Hoplistoscelis pallescens
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Turkey Run Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 6, 2009
Found in the woods not far from my
last submission
- maybe a later version of it?
Contributed by
Ashley Bradford
on 7 August, 2009 - 12:38pm
H. pallescens: see the info page for taxonomy update
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v belov
, 20 February, 2011 - 10:18pm
Cool
Thanks!
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Ashley Bradford
, 22 February, 2011 - 9:33am
Adult male.
This
image is of an adult male. Note the squared-off tip of the abdomen....
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Eric R. Eaton
, 7 August, 2009 - 1:20pm
Thanks to you both!
I've adjusted my title and check boxes accordingly. =)
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Ashley Bradford
, 7 August, 2009 - 1:36pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
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Ashley Bradford
, 7 August, 2009 - 12:46pm
now this is an adult Hoplistoscelis sordidus!
they are brachypterous; compare
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v belov
, 7 August, 2009 - 12:44pm
Oh cool!
Good guess on the nymph from you, then. =) The adults only have those tiny wing buds? How odd.
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Ashley Bradford
, 7 August, 2009 - 12:46pm
a lot of true bugs in various lineages sport reduced wings
this condition is quite common among mirids, assassins, nabids, lygaeoids, shore/semiaq. bugs, &c. -- but all aquatic heteropterans are good fliers
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v belov
, 7 August, 2009 - 1:53pm
That
is fascinating - thanks for the info!
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Ashley Bradford
, 7 August, 2009 - 2:11pm