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Copyright © 2005 bennett gray

female flea hopper? - Microtechnites bractatus -

hudson valley County, New York, USA
August 24, 2005
Size: 2 mm

shot back in august. lots of these hopping about my yard.

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Contributed by bennett gray on 10 October, 2005 - 7:13am
Last updated 8 October, 2016 - 4:19pm

Moved

Moved from Fleahoppers.

Halticus bractatus female: tiny size, color of the legs, absence of clavus and silvery patches on the back. The brachypterous (short wings) kind.

… Claude Pilon, 17 February, 2007 - 2:54pm

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H. bractatus

Thanks, Claude, for moving those images and adding information to the new species page - good stuff!

I see that Michael Schwartz has confirmed several of your IDs. In the past 3 years, Michael promptly responded to both of my ID requests by identifying the bugs here and here.

There's many more images currently unidentified on the Miridae page but I agree with the comments by Tony Thomas here that it would be detrimental to have several 'BugGuiders' requesting IDs from the same authority. Therefore, I'm wondering whether you would like to take on the role of BugGuide's representative for corresponding with Michael Schwartz or other experts in Miridae? Whichever, I think the topic of having a secretary (or secretaries) should be discussed further at BugGuide, preferably in the Forums section. What do you think?

… Robin McLeod, 18 February, 2007 - 1:12pm

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Miridae.

This is a plant bug in the family Miridae, probably Haltica sp.

… Eric R. Eaton, 17 October, 2005 - 6:01pm

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genus is Halticus

not Haltica, which was a genus of flea beetles (Chrysomelidae), now under the name Altica at nearctica.com.
I moved the image to the new Halticus page, and deleted the Haltica page, which was blank.

… Robin McLeod, 4 November, 2005 - 2:53am

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thanks eric

appreciate it.

… bennett gray, 21 October, 2005 - 2:54pm

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