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True Bug imitating Coccinellid - Galgupha
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

True Bug imitating Coccinellid - Galgupha
Box Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 16, 2009
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 September, 2009 - 6:33pm
Last updated 23 March, 2017 - 9:45am

from Joe Eger:
"This looks like Galgupha (Gyrocnemis) punctifer although that species was reported by Henry and Froeschner as being from Texas, not from AZ. The only other thing this could be is Galgupha (Orocoris) arizonensis, but I don't have specimens of this and so don't know what the habitus looks like."

[Anyway, nice thing, Margarethe -- could you check it against a local ref. collection? =v=]
Moved from Corimelaena.
… v belov, 14 September, 2009 - 7:06am

nice! negro ladybug, i'd say
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 7 September, 2009 - 6:58pm

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